Best way to make Linux Web Services? [closed]

Answer 1

Linux web development is actually a world of difference from Windows web development. In leau of the bureaucracy of "applications" and "web services" we have scripts you can invoke via Apache, and if you want to get more advanced, daemons that can handle TCP/IP connections.

If you want to use something specific like SOAP, you should mention it in there, but as far as I know, Linux web development isn't service-based like Windows is.

Answer 2

Although it is based on a commercial product the following is an excellent primer to assist you in understanding how you would develop a Java based web service on Linux. If you find a similar tutorial based on free software please share it.

Answer 3

There are many ways to do this, but given your ASP.NET background why not give the MonoDevelop IDE a go, it has matured a lot and will continue to do so.

Another option is using Eclipse (Java or PHP).

Answer 4

There's a plethora of materials available with a simple search for "PHP Web Service" on Google. I'm not really sure what language you're using or what type of service you want to set up so I went with PHP Soap.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2007/07/26/php-web-services.html

Answer 5

"So what would be the best way to create xml web services on a linux server box?"

A web framework like Turbogears, Django, Grok, Repoze.BFG, WebPy or such.