REST winning over SOAP

25Aug08

REST (Representation State Transfer) has been a buzz term in web services world for more than a couple of years now..We are seeing a strong shift to the REST arena from SOAP recently..
SOAP adds a layer on top of HTTP making the developer’s job a little more tedious.. You have to use tools to marshall/unmarshall [...]

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Head first design patterns

22Aug08

Of all those boring technical books I’ve read in the past, this book definitely stood out.
This book walks you through the important design patterns sighting very simple and appealing examples. Certain sections are written in conversational style. There are also some sections where patterns discuss with each other explaining their applicability. I felt like reading [...]

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