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Be Prepared for SOA Testing

Service-oriented architecture offers software testers an opportunity to engage stakeholders early and often. Before you dive in, prepare your testing practices to handle the potential challenges of SOA.

Improve Service-Oriented Architecture Development with Agile QA Testing Practices
Service-oriented architectures (SOA) promise to address many technical challenges by allowing developers to incrementally deliver new business capability while leveraging existing assets. By using agile practices during QA testing, SOA development teams can turn potential roadblocks into opportunities.

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Better Software Magazine

Inside SOA

Building on a May 2007 Better Software magazine article by Dan North, this month’s cover story continues a look inside service-oriented architecture that emphasizes the process that defines the services rather than the technical specifics. However, this article does use standard technologies—Java, XML, SOAP, WSDL, and POX to further describe a practical implementation of the vacation-booking service described in Dan’s article.

A Classic Example
Many systems architects have a technology—centric view of service-oriented architecture. This article emphasizes the need to understand the business side of SOA before tackling the technology and illustrates this need with a look back in time.

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