This book covers the majority of use cases encountered when developing Web services, from both the client or server sides. If you have not developed Web services before, we recommend reading our Primer first, and then reading the chapters of this book in order.

There are several basic demos in WASP_HOME/demo/basic. These include prepared command-line scripts with the necessary environment settings. Refer to these scripts if you are setting your environment manually.

The demo WASP_HOME/demo/basic/hello is similar to the examples in Jumpstart. You can run this demo if you do not want to set your environment or enter commands manually.

This book is designed to have you developing basic Web services with WSO2 SOA Enablement Server quickly. For advanced features or deeper explanations of Web service development concepts, see Writing Web Services, Publishing Web Services, and Web Service Clients.

You can find more examples at the WSO2 Developers' Corner. These include conversions of existing applications into Web services and demonstrations of core WSO2 SOA Enablement Server functions.

For a complete life cycle of developing a Web service, from the beginning to an advanced application, read the WSO2 SOA Enablement Server for Java Primer.