Getting Started With Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 – A Hands-On Tutorial

Although this book provides an excellent step-by-step guide to using the fundamental features of Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1, it doesn't go into nearly enough detail for an experienced middle-ware developer like me. The chapter on JMS is a good case in point. It only covers how to publish a single XML message to a single JMS queue. It says nothing about delivering to multiple queues based on message content, or mention anything about using JMS Headers or User Properties, or handling any other type of payload apart from XML.At the end of the day, although I realize that the subject matter is too vast to cover in-depth for each potential topic, I still felt disappointed by this book.

If you believe, as I do, that an example is worth ten thousand words, and you are interested in getting a working knowledge of Oracle SOA Suite, then this book is for you. The examples are well thought through: they are simple, but relevant. Step by step, you build an order management application. In other books the examples are so simple (Hello world, etc) that it is difficult to grasp the usefulness of the technology you are trying to learn. Not in this case: as each chapter deals with a new feature of SOA, you add a new feature to the sample application that makes it more realistic and closer to what a real SOA application must look like. The book includes all the supporting files necessary to follow the application along and it is clear that the authors have spent a great deal of time making sure that readers can follow the examples. I have no hesitation in giving this book five stars.

I ordered the book because it's suggested reading material in preparation for the Oracle SOA Certification exam. There really wasn't anything helpful for the exam in the book.The practice materials were interesting - but not anything groundbreaking or better than the existing samples or OU course materials.I would say the book is for people who have limited knowledge or experience with SOA (as the title suggests) - certainly not appropriate for experienced SOA users preparing for certification.

This is a very substantive guide. The examples the book works through are good representatives of their underlying concepts and are clearly presented. Each chapter has quick-build instructions in the end that really save time when you are familiar with a given area and do not need step-by-step guidance. This is one of the better tutorial books I have seen in the last few years.Chapter 4 (addresses the installation and configuration issues) has been very valuable to me and is alone worth the price of the book.

This is an excellent book for people wanting to learn SOA Suite 11g.The composite application created during the tutorial is non-trivial and includes Web Services, BPEL, Business Rules, JMS, Database Adapters, BAM, Error Handling, Eventing, Unit Testing and more.The book provides everything you need to learn SOA Suite 11g, clearly written and at a nice pace.I highly recommend it.

The book is based on very old version of SOA suite. The hands on tutorials are not at all relevent. I couldn't complete any tutorials because many items this book refers to- does not exist in new version of SOA anymore. If you are planning to buy this book for hands on tutorials, then dont waste your money.

An open door for me

The steps are very clear for begginers.I'm happy with the purchase.Juanje