Manuals
Primer | 'Hello World' for XINS. Lets you create a simple API, within 15 minutes. |
User Guide (PDF here) | Explains how to install XINS, create projects, APIs, etc. Describes all the possibilities of the XINS framework. |
Calling Convention Primer | Explains how to write a custom calling convention (protocol) for XINS. |
Front-end Framework (PDF here) | Explains the how to use the XINS Front-end Framework. |
Presentations
Introduction to XINS | High-level introduction to XINS, mainly targeted at management. |
Frameworks and XINS | Explores the advantages of frameworks in general and XINS in particular. Targeted mainly at developers. |
XINS 2.0 features | Discover the features added to the 2.0 release. |
XINS 2.1 features | Discover the features added to the 2.1 release. |
Technical
Javadoc | Public Javadoc of the latest stable release. |
Communication protocol (PDF here) | Explains the HTTP-based protocol, exchanged between the client and the server, when the standard calling convention is used. |
Logdoc | List and description of the log messages logged by the XINS framework. |
Articles
Migration 2.3 to 3.0 | This article explains the steps to migrate XINS APIs from 2.3 to XINS 3.0. |
Asynchronous calls | This article explores various ways of calling XINS APIs asynchronously. |
Result caching | This article explains the advantages and drawbacks of result caching and how to it. |
Scripting implementation | This article explains how to write a Web Service using a scripting language. |
XINS performance | Performance comparaison between XINS and other Web Services frameworks. |