Service-Oriented Architecture

Start with services and SOA

Begin with the mind map SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture). It introduces benefits such as reusability, interoperability, scalability and flexibility, alongside application development and integration issues. Use those branches to make a short list of concepts you want to understand before moving on.

Then open the flashcard deck on service-oriented architecture. Its questions cover architecture, services, SOA principles and web services. Try answering each question in your own words, then return to the mind map to look at the related ideas.

Explore application integration

The mind map on standards for integration and interfaces among applications separates functional, data and presentation integration. It also includes examples such as graphical user interfaces and batch file transfer. Follow each branch and note how the categories are presented.

Compare this map with the SOA benefits map. The comparison gives you a way to study both the integration issues listed on the page and the benefits associated with SOA. You can also use the flashcard questions to check which terms you can explain without looking at a map.

Continue with REST

Rest Architecture covers client and server separation, statelessness, requests, HTTP verbs and headers. Another mind map introduces REST as an architectural style for providing standards between computer systems on the web. Read the introductory map first, then use Rest Architecture to explore the listed elements in more detail.

Use the page within the unit

Service-Oriented Architecture is a section of Software Requirements and Design in Computing and ICT. The maps and flashcards offer different ways to study the material in this section: follow a map to see connected terms, then use a question from the deck to practice explaining one.

Choose a resource and follow the branches or questions that match what you want to study.