First you use SOAP and it's nice, but after a while it's not good enough and you...

derpmeister on July 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: So you want to offer a public API …

First you use SOAP and it's nice, but after a while it's not good enough and you implement WSDL. Corporate overlords see it and suddenly everything has to be WS-YouNameIt (especially in banks and big telco). You end up in the deepest valleys of XML hell, colloquially known as WS-DeathStar.

pjmlp on July 25, 2012 [–]

Do to my consulting work, I've been several times through such walk.