Preface Part I Distributed Service-Oriented Software Development and Web Data Management Chapter 1 Introduction to Distributed Service-Oriented Computing Chapter 2 Distributed Computing with Multithreading Chapter 3 Essentials in Service-Oriented Software Development Chapter 4 XML and Web Data Formats Chapter 5 Web Application and State Management Chapter 6 Dependability of Service-Oriented Software Chapter 7 Advanced Services and Application Development Chapter 8 Enterprise Software Development and Integration Chapter 9 IoT, Robotics, and Device Integration via Visual Programming Chapter 10 Interfacing Service-Oriented Software with Databases Chapter 11 Big Data Processing and Cloud Computing Chapter 12 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Part III Appendices: Tutorials on Service-Oriented System Development References Index.