Before I start posting, I should tell you a little about where I'm going.

My main software interest is enterprise Java, and more specifically business process modeling, either on top of Java or a slightly higher level of abstraction.  So I'm really interested in Web Services, Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), Java Business Integration (JBI), and (at this time, to a lesser extent) the Service Component Architecture (SCA).

I'm much more practical than theoretical.  I like to get things working first and ruminate later.  I like tutorials!  I like finding good ones, and I like creating them, especially when it seems there's a hole in the tutorial offerings.  Most of what you see posted here will be in the form of tutorials.  Some of them will be really simple, as they will serve as building blocks for subsequent posts that you'll hopefully find more interesting.  For example, sometimes it's handy to have a 25-line Java-SE-based web service, or an even briefer web service client, to test an application in development (in fact, this will be the topic of my next post).

With that, I hope you enjoy what's forthcoming and that you also find it useful!  Ciao!

Wayne