better later than never eh? :) (had some problems with login name added to publishers group or something like that)

So what was the entire course about?!

Well it was about soa, where it lives, why it lives, how it lives and is born. Also how could it be used, and what makes soa actually service oriented not just simple application.

What is the added value of attending this course for you?

Insight on what is there available for use and for free. How certain elements could enrich a website with as much hassle as possible, this was basically the main thing. Also some insight on technologies and companies behind the scenes.

What is the immediate benefit for you in your current professional situation?

At the moment none, but in the near future a website project is on the horizon so some web services might just be used in there :)

How do you see SOA being helpful in your professional environment?

Many already available and implemented solutions for upcoming works and tasks to fulfill.

How do you see SOA in 5 years from now?

I think eventually such an idea as soa will be de facto and more or less all software will have similar qualities and properties, and will be available for use in one way or another on some more or less generalized interface.

What are the pros and cons of “totally online” computing?

Pros: easy maintenance, administration, access control, bug fixes and developement, also easy to use on distributed environment, using widespread technologies.

Cons: security, network bandwidth requirements, network instability issues and possible problems.

How would you use Web 2.0 in commercial projects?

For added services, marketing, rich content, for maintaining a user with new features and new ideas.

How would have you organized this course if given a chance? Please think both from the contents and the form perspective.

I would have gone pretty much same way it was presented. One thing that was in one way bad (looking at academic perspective), but good in another (more common sense way) was some minor fluctuations on the subject of the lectures, as sometimes they got a bit out of hand and went too wide, thus giving common sense on the problem, but avoiding specific situations and probable solutions.

What the lecturers did wrong?

Long lectures on weekends… irregular evaluation system, very complex and probably uncalled for evaluation results, as community (in this case students) are rude in the way that they tend not to forgive mistakes and sometimes one mark given by the students can hamper the overall result witch is not that bad afterall…

What the lecturers were good at?

Interaction with students, subject selection and presentation. Also many examples and situations from real life described and explained, and this is where true experience lies and what many of us still lack.

 

Karolis Pociūnas