# Web Services Resources for Programmers

Interested in doing web service development? Here are some useful links:

- [Top Ten FAQs for Web Services](http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a//webservices/2002/02/12/webservicefaqs.html)) – *This is a pretty good primer article from the O’Reilly Network ([http://www.oreillynet.com](http://www.oreillynet.com)) on Web Services. Lots of useful links.*

- [Understanding <span class="caps">SOAP</span>](http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/understanding/webservicebasics/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us//dnsoap/html/understandsoap.asp) – *This recent <span class="caps">MSDN</span> article provides a very good overview what <span class="caps">SOAP</span> is all about as well as where the technology is going. If you are working with <span class="caps">SOAP</span> or are thinking of using <span class="caps">SOAP</span>, this is a must read.*

- [Java Web Services Tutorial](http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.1/tutorial/doc/)

- [Web Services Security School](http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1029213,00.html?Offer=WSwnss2305) – *requires registration, but otherwise free.*

- **Online Tutorials**
    - [http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp)
    - [http://www.w3schools.com/schema/](http://www.w3schools.com/schema/)
    - [http://www.w3schools.com/soap/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/soap/default.asp)
    - [http://www.w3schools.com/wsdl/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/wsdl/default.asp)

*This article was originally posted on the <span class="caps">UCLA</span> Programmers Wiki.*