What is Middleware? Service Oriented Architecture Explained

In this episode of the What is Middle series, we use an analogy of a transit pass program for Middleware Fields employee's to help explore the concept of Service Oriented Architecture and the role that middleware technologies play in supporting it. Further details of the series can be found at www.johnbrunswick.com

[@nsynch5483]

In my opinion, THIS is the right way to teach a new concept. Take a real life situation, highlight the challenges therein, get people thinking about possible solutions and finally introduce the concept you're trying to explain and show (don't just tell) how it solves the (real-world) problem. Helps one really understand what the new concept is all about, what's the reason we need to learn about it and it's relevance in the real world.
What most sources (books, articles and even videos) do instead is use a variation of jargon-filled, ultimately meaningless rubbish like this =>
"Service-oriented architecture is a style of software design where services are provided to the other components by application components, through a communication protocol over a network."
Reading this provides near-zero addition to your understanding of the concept, the only exception being a tiresome ability to parrot newly learnt buzzwords in an attempt to appear knowledgeable when in fact you are anything but.

[@inspiredLearning]

Great, simple, efficient and clear-cut explanation without excess jargon. Great job. Appreciate your work. Thank you!

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks! Much appreciated - happy to hear it was helpful.

[@md2lh9c]

I absolute love this guy!!! I was so confused about SOA - this was terrific and so simplified. I don't care it was a dumbed down to the bare minimal but dammit...now I understand after about one hour of research!!!

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks very much for your kind words! Glad that it was helpful :-)

[@mali2640]

I love how u used an everyday example to bring a very high technical concept which can be understood by anyone. Great energy, clear, and simple while hitting all the main points. Thanks!

[@sourabhsharma6113]

You're an artist of words when it comes to teaching. All of this made perfect sense to me, as a beginner, learning with analogical description. Thank you, John! :-)

[@karimshoukry6419]

Thank You so much, I saw this video before an interview as a Middle-ware analyst, and I explained middleware just the way you did, they were really impressed.

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks and good luck with your interview! Cheers

[@ArtemioR]

By far the clearest explanation I've found, simple and good example and even the vocalization is great. Kudos

[@nsynch5483]

Sorry, forgot to mention -
Fantastic job, John! Thank you so much for your high-quality explanation!

[@NayakBhukyaloveUBaby]

Everybody have little confuse with the term SOA, Now this video helps and gave exact what it is and narration was brilliant, apprized... Thank you :)

[@pujolricky]

Great presentation of SOA. It helped me to understand what SOA is all about.

[@taojiang8815]

One of the best explaination on RUclips I've ever seen.

[@kopanoramaphoi6050]

Loud and clear John! Thanks for the clarification

[@abraida]

I watched this video as part of my studying the ScPro-Level-1 certification program provided by the CSCMP. Thanks to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

[@jvdehakkelaar]

Great, I understood it on the first time watching this video!

[@Gondkar86]

Excellent explanation! I loved the way you explained from very basic examples..

[@sonad6722]

So clear and to the point I understood every word after going through a multiple videos ..this one is great..You Rock!!!

[@sandyysandeepjoshi]

best ever clear explanation i ever had for middleware

[@tanmaysaha7642]

Excellent...so simple and organized. Thanks John.

[@arcturusfob3683]

Splendid, John. Going to share with my executives.

[@shivkay]

You have the gift of the gab John..... Very well explained with simple examples make it all the more appealing..... Best wishes for your future endeavors

[@koenhouse]

Best explanation so far! Absolute genius! THANK YOU!

[@kunaldani5189]

Very Good Explanation, even as a Marketer this made a lot of sense for me!! Thanks!

[@Jaihind_RG]

Hi John,
A vivid explanation !!!

[@johnhoff9225]

Awesome! Thanks! I've been trying to get my head around SOA and this explained it perfectly. I am now searching for your other videos.

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks John Hoff very much appreciated, glad that you liked it!

[@essbee1914]

you made it really simple yet precise-thankyou!

[@sveta6793]

With your video I understood what SOA is! Thank you!!

[@zaburoni]

Great way to explain it! Thank you very much! Keep it up!

[@TanayPahare]

Thanks John! You explained it really well.

[@JohnBrunswick]

***** thanks very much for the kind words!

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[@gursikh133]

Excellent Explanation John.

[@Paz1]

Loved the given example..!! Splendid..!!

[@NatarajanAV]

Excellent narration and easy to follow the concept. Thanks

[@TMNuclear]

Great explanation! Thank you very much.

[@dearrational6447]

You are the Best John!!

[@nitinrbhat]

excellent way of explaining

[@chiaweiwoo4550]

Sir, I like your explanation, it was clear with the transportation example you mentioned in the video.

[@joerivers2407]

This was really easy to understand, thank you !

[@dinafarah3866]

I spent two hrs in google trying to understand what is Service Oriented Architectur.
What can I say, Thank you very much for your short and clear explanation I could'nt ask for more.

[@JohnBrunswick]

Dina Farah thanks very much for the kind words! Glad to hear that it was helpful :-)

[@georgthelord]

really really good explanation!! Thank you very much!

[@georgeebowturkson1391]

Wonderful, you are good teacher. May God bless you

[@sanmyh]

Thank you. It was very clear and helpful.

[@BREAKERTMW]

Dude i love your explanation, you effectively rendered my lecture slides useless.

[@arujgopal]

Very well explained! excellent work

[@sunillshinde]

This is the best explanation ever I heard👍🏻 Subscribed your channel now

[@arun3350]

You make things simpler. Good one. Thanks for sharing.

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Arun - much appreciated.

[@VipinKumar-px7mm]

Its really usefull, well explained with simple example..Well done John !

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks v d, appreciate the kind words :-)

[@ankurpolasth]

Very nicely explained by John

[@aemyismail4569]

Very good one! Explained well! Thanks john!

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Aemy Ismail!

[@AnkurBhutani89]

great work!!

[@farrahh6458]

This was so helpful! Thank you!!

[@georgeenathomas1286]

I have an exam tom and this helped a lot in understanding SOA better.Thanks a ton .! :)

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks - good luck with your exam!

[@champakdutta]

really good and easy to understand in quick minutes

[@2441979D]

Good one, John!

[@TheMcallist1]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@vianneyg2887]

You are the man!!! This was so heplful.

[@gadgetboynaija]

Great video! Thank you.

[@entermab]

Wov that's really informative John Thanks!

[@Netwaytech]

nice explanation Mr.John

[@FiTTFuLL]

Thank you, greetings from germany

[@YudraKudra]

One word: brevity. Subscribed right away

[@dilipwijayabahu8771]

Nice explain to approach middleware

[@Futuremoney161]

Thanks for clear explanation.

[@sabrinemaiz234]

first time in my life that i write a comment in internet. i just loved it, you are explaining perfectly, me who dont know anything about informatik i could unterstand what the service oriented Architecture is. so thank you a lot for your great job.

[@sankaitkakkar7679]

Very good explanation, thank you

[@DilanSachintha]

awesome description

[@harikrishna-ir2ue]

Nice Explanation Johan :)

[@fadiabu-mathkour5502]

thanks ...
You explain is really well

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Fadi Abu-Mathkour - much appreciated!

[@vishalraviraj7033]

Thanks sir very useful for my studies

[@ShereeThompson]

Extremely helpful!

[@krzychonh]

Very useful video with easy to get example

[@donaldoji6399]

Best explanation I have seen. I loved the illustrations.

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Donald Oji, much appreciated

[@dulika8324]

Thanks for Clarifying my problems..

[@doraiswamysurendran]

SIMPLE AND FANTASTIC John Brunswick :)

[@naviddaneshvaran5411]

Simple and helpful, thanks

[@user-kn4gp1td7u]

Helpful a little bit for me, Thanks.

[@RicardoAGLourenco]

Thanks for sharing this. 2016 here and Up To Date !

[@abhisheksharma-mu3rc]

good one...thanks to clear my concept...

[@craigmarais5816]

Great video!

[@ruhuone]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@charlescampista9384]

Great Explanation

[@kellyfernandez9231]

Thanks, very clear!

[@Clash-Royale-Masters]

Really great and simple

[@andrewsematimba5827]

I love this guy, he should go back to school and train our kids

[@sahba1969]

Very informative... Reduced my searching time for clarification. That's simplify IT ;-)

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks for the kind words and feedback Sahba Hussien :-)

[@PredragLim]

Wonderful explain to simple understanding

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Hark-Jin!

[@gangadharkaranapu9062]

Good Analogy.. Kudos

[@daniloap4389]

Very clear thanks!

[@JohnBrunswick]

Thanks Evert Danilo Angarita Plata, really appreciate it. Your feedback keeps me motivated to create more videos!

[@rsreddy90]

good explanation..with example

[@JohnBrunswick]

Sekhar reddy B.R. thanks for the kind words!

[@titasbhattacharya5208]

very lucidly explained (y)

[@TaleVerse]

Just one word "Great worth every millisecond" Thanks for this. Liked and subscribed

[@lcentertainment851]

Amazing!

[@deepachaudhuri516]

Awesome...Thanks

[@sundarshahithakuri4611]

awesome good going keep it up

[@yvetteowens6599]

Excellent

[@atursumedi4933]

thank you brother

[@trapper1511]

Thank you.

[@nikhil9860]

nice explanation

[@rohitaich4257]

Great!!

[@xiangqi3954]

Very good explanation and NICE hair style =>

[@kiranreddy481]

John Relation b/w weblogic and SOA??

[@maryamalkholi5278]

now that an explanation

[@abdulrahmanalkholi5042]

she knows what she is talking about