It’s annoying sometimes when there is only a live version of a web service and no test versions. It inhibits the testing of code that integrates with the web service because your best option, many times, is to test connected to the live service, and you don’t want to mess too much with live data (especially if it belongs to a client). I found a tool today that helps with this issue. It simulates a web service given a wsdl. It’s called soapUI (http://www.soapui.org/). I found it fairly easy to use, and it can be used on the command-line (http://www.soapui.org/userguide/commandline/mockrunner.html). The only down-side to it so far is that it requires java to be installed.
February 26, 2010
February 1, 2010
Windows 7
I recently got a new laptop at work with Windows 7. At first, I was skeptical about running a new operating system from Microsoft. Any operating system fresh out the doors from Microsoft has always had problems with security, stability and performance. But I’ve been refreshingly surprised. I haven’t had any problems with stability or performance (security is yet to be seen), and the new layout is growing on me. I really like the new task bar. I like how you can pin programs to it (as a replacement of the quick launch area). It seems that every time I start to miss how something is done in Windows XP, I find some new better way to do it in Windows 7.
