Book Give Away: Open Source ESBs in Action

We have some legacy program which is in FORTRAN and wrapped in C++, so it can be available to Java to call (through JNI). I am very interested in making our legacy program available on ESB for better integration with other applications.

Hi Aslam,

I have worked on an In house ESB framework and currently working on a Spring plus Mule Application but never had a chance to go through any ESB/SOA book.I am always interested in Open Source alternatives.

i would like to know whether this book will helpful to beginners like one who wants to understand role and responsibility of an ESB in detail and the advanced user who want to understand the best practices and patterns to be used for Mule and Service Mix.

(Will surely a get a copy as soon as it is released in India :) )

~Santosh

ESB seems to be a big promise in Enterprise Integration. I'm glad to see books dealing with how to implement ESBs using Open Source tools.

Hi Victor,

I've also read the available chapters of the Open Source SOA in action book and Í find it very interesting. The approach of the open source SOA book is built around SCA with the Apache Tuscany implementation. Then tools like Apache Synapse, jBPM and Esper are added nicely to build a full SOA tool stack.

The approach of our book, open source ESBs in action, is focused on ESBs. So we are primarily writing about how to integrate different applications with a focus on routing, transformation, connectivity etc. But we also show jBPM (in combination with Mule) and Apache Ode (with ServiceMix). The book also shows how to use the enterprise integration patterns of Hohpe and Woolf to design and implement an open source ESB solution. I hope you'll find the open source ESBs in action book a good read.

Best regards,

Tijs Rademakers 

I need to get this book to read my comment.

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Is this a philosophical comment ? :-)

Typical ways of open source ESBs to communicate in a synchronous and asynchronous way is by using connectivity options like JMS, web service, File, FTP, in-virtual machine. Typically, JNI is not one of them. Would it be possible to create C++ web services to wrap the FORTRAN programs?

I think you will definitely gain some more insight about the possiblities of open source ESBs by reading our book. I think the introduction of an ESB will certainly introduce possibilities in an environment with C++ and Java applications. 

Best regards,

Tijs Rademakers

Thank you so much on my comment. Perhaps I didn't make the picture clear in previous comment. Actually, we use the session EJB again to wrap the JNI->C++->Fortran to make program available to other Java applications. Creating C++ web services is a great idea too. However, our C++ programmer isn't quite familar with the server side technology, that's why we decide to use the JNI->C++ approach. Anyway, I also feel that the way we use the session EJB to do something like this is not properly right.

Looks like a good introduction to the world of opensource esbs.  Does it include any reference to commercial esbs or a comparitive matrix of strengths of each esb solution?

 Would you recommend this book?  

 What alternate/related books target the same audience?

 Price?

On the manning website, http://www.manning.com/rademakers, you can find two free chapters at the download section. Chapter 1 which is available for download there discusses the ESB concept and shows the core functionality it can provide. So I would definitely recommend you take a look at that free chapter.

Best regards,

Tijs Rademakers 

The questions you asked should probably not be answered by the book author, but I can provide some information.

The book is solely about open source ESBs. We discuss some of the differences between open source and commercial (or closed source) offerings, but that's just one paragraph. We do show a matrix of open source ESB solutions, which you can also download for free by downloading chapter 1 from the Manning website, http://www.manning.com/rademakers.

Alternate or related books are:

Enterprise Service Bus http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Service-Bus-David-Chappell/dp/0596006756/ref=pd_cp_b_3?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1933988215&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1RG97E3CXM94WP3VEA4K

Service-oriented Java Business Integration http://www.amazon.com/Service-Oriented-Business-Integration-Binildas-Christudas/dp/1847194400/ref=pd_cp_b_1?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1933988215&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1RG97E3CXM94WP3VEA4K

Enterprise Integration Patterns http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Integration-Patterns-Designing-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321200683/ref=pd_cp_b_2?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1933988215&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1RG97E3CXM94WP3VEA4K

And there a couple of books that are not released yet:

Mule 2: a developers guide: http://www.amazon.com/Mule-Developer-rsquo-Guide-Firstpress/dp/143020981X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b 

Mule in Action: http://www.manning.com/dossot

Open Source SOA: http://www.manning.com/davis

The price of the open source ESBs in Action book is $44.99 for the print version and $27.50 for the PDF only version.

Best regards,

Tijs Rademakers

Our company is using BEA ESB server (now, becomes part of Oracle ESB server). But I am also very interesed in the open source ESB.

Would be very interested in reading this book as it seems to give a good snapshot of the current Open source ESB market.

Interesting set of open source SOA tools. Which tools were the winners in your evaluation? Was there a specific reason to leave ServiceMix out of the evaluation?

Best regards,

Tijs Rademakers

I am working on my proof of concept SOA based application and using OpenESB + Glassfish for the development tools.