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Review on gSOAP by Trevor French

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good Alternative For Programmatic Web Services

I like how it makes things easy to use and has an excellent interface. It's easy enough that anyone can learn how to work with SOAP in about 30 minutes. You don't have to be familiar with programming or networking to get started using this library, but you will need some experience working directly within your favorite text editor. The documentation could also improve. There are many tutorials online to help guide users through learning more about gSoap, but they're not always clear as to what steps should be taken next. I've used other libraries before without any issues, so I'm unsure of why there would be problems with this one specifically. This was mainly because we were able to solve our problem quickly by solving it ourselves rather than waiting months for someone else to do it for us. We actually solved our issue quicker than if we had waited around for someone.

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Pros
  • Easy integration
  • Great support community when needed.
  • Very good API (not too complicated)
  • Good tutorial availability via multiple websites
  • Helpful forum posts/support groups available throughout Google search results page(s)
Cons
  • Documentation needs improvement
  • Somewhat difficult installation process
  • Not much variety among client implementations