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Lively discussion on SOAP

4th April 2003

If you get the basic idea of web services but are still looking to get your head around SOAP (I know I am) the lively discussion currently taking place in Sam Ruby’s comment section looks like a great place to start.

Posted 4th April 2003 at 2:54 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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