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Building Contract-First Service Capabilities - Podcast Episode

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By Vijay Narayanan on November 14, 2009 7:44 PM 1 Vote 0 Votes
Posted an episode on building contract-first service capabilities at the reuse podcast series:Download file... Read More..
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Service Capabilities Need to Address Supportablility

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By Vijay Narayanan on November 8, 2009 3:14 PM 1 Vote 0 Votes
Enterprise software systems have several needs one of which is supportability. It is critical that your system is supportable in the production environment. Teams that start thinking about supportability during the last stage of a development cycle or when transitioning... Read More..
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Build an Abstraction API for BPM Interaction

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By Vijay Narayanan on October 27, 2009 7:36 PM Vote 0 Votes
Introduce an abstraction API when integrating with a BPM solution. Why do I say that? Several reasons: Good software design practice to bind to an interface as opposed to an implementation. So individual applications won't be directly coupled with an... Read More..
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Disadvantages of Building Services Code-First

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By Vijay Narayanan on October 23, 2009 6:36 AM 4 Vote 0 Votes
Posted an episode on the disadvantages of pursuing a code-first approach to building service capabilities at the reuse podcast series:Download file Episode Highlights: Most development environments provide tools for generating WSDL contracts using annotations or platform-specific tools. Existing classes can... Read More..
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Building a Data Services Product Line

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By Vijay Narayanan on October 18, 2009 8:58 PM Vote 0 Votes
The data services product line is a suite of data services that can include services across customer, account, product, pricing, and document data domains providing several capabilities for several internal applications. The suite of services can act as the single... Read More..
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Design Techniques When Refactoring Legacy Systems - II

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By Vijay Narayanan on October 11, 2009 12:28 PM Vote 0 Votes
This is a continuation of the earlier post on design techniques when refactoring legacy systems. This post talks about backward compatibility and Keep backward compatibility in mind If there is one thing that is tricky about refactoring legacy assets it... Read More..
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Building Reusable Service Capabilities - Podcast Episode

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By Vijay Narayanan on October 3, 2009 8:03 AM Vote 0 Votes
Posted an episode on building reusable service capabilities as part of SOA initiatives at the reuse podcast series:Download file... Read More..
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Design Techniques When Refactoring Legacy Systems

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By Vijay Narayanan on September 27, 2009 7:55 PM Vote 0 Votes
Many SOA initiatives leverage legacy capabilities when building new services. It is important to ensure legacy services are examined before leveraging them as-is. Here are some design techniques that I use when reviewing and refactoring legacy assets. Loosen the tight... Read More..
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5 Tips Before You Embark On SOA Projects

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By Vijay Narayanan on September 20, 2009 8:13 PM Vote 0 Votes
You are itching to board the SOA bus. Hold on a bit though because it is easy to get lost in the hype and miss the real point i.e. generation of business value. So here are 5 tips before you... Read More..
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Reducing Integration Risks

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By Vijay Narayanan on September 13, 2009 3:30 PM Vote 0 Votes
Many SOA solutions consist of integrating applications, services, and backend processes to fulfill business requirements. You can design these solutions for the absolute best case and you are sure to get disappointed in production. A more prudent approach is, as... Read More..
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Vijay Narayanan is a software professional working on a variety of projects. Vijay has worked on several software initiatives ranging from single-user systems to large, distributed, multi-user service platforms with services. Most recently, Vijay has been involved in research dedicated to combining agile practices with service-orientation. He is a contributing author to the upcoming book Next Generation SOA as part of a chapter on modern SOA methodologies. Vijay maintains a blog dedicated to software reuse at http://www.artofsoftwarereuse.com.

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