Creative Commons

Evolution of technology is running rampant , especially in mobile, IoT and cloud computing, therefore, there is a great need for developing contemporary web applications which will be alert to follow this evolution . I n computer software design , S ervice - O riented A rchitecture ( SOA ) is an architectural pattern in which application comp o- nents provide services to other components via a communication protocol, typically over a network. SOA can be implemented at many different environments . The impl e- mentation of SOA in w eb en vironment s is called Web Service . In this thesis , we develop an online auction system , which is supported by web s ervices and specifically by the newer standard , REST. The differentiation that t his thesis provide s , unlike other online auction systems, is the participants’ identity concealment through a third party