Need Help

Hello,

I am currently starting my project
for my Master's degree in C.S. Since
I have not done much with web software,
I thought this would be a good way to
start learning some new skills.


So I decided to implement a "virtual test
set" where I work at Lucent Technologies.

I plan on writing browser pages as the test
set GUI. This will be running on a Windows 2000
PC platform. I will be installing an Apache server
on a linux PC with SOAP functionality. This server
will be relaying unix commands to the UNIX lab
support processor to perform the various tests.

I would like to start this by taking some baby
steps at first. I have been reading many articles
and some of the formal SOAP/XML standards.

I'd like to install the Apache SOAP server and practice
sending simple messages back and forth to it.

It would be nice if there were a tool that could test
the server once I've installed it. To see that SOAP
/XML is working correctly on the server before I try writing
my web service.

I've never installed a server before either, so this might
prove to be interesting. But this is why I chose this as my
project. Time to learn more skills.

I tried a tool at Aaron Skonnard's home page, but I am not
having much luck. (http://staff.develop.com/aarons/) I tried the
"Generic SOAP Client" It says "Builds SOAP 0.9 payloads and submits
them to specified endpoint displaying request/response"

T ried writing Aaron but received no response. So that is why I am
writing all of you. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. I chose the client to run on Windows 2000, the server to run on
linux, and the application to run on a unix platform to show
the "seamless" property of web service capability.

Thanks!

Bill Prothman

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