Oh my god the put SOAP and WSDL on top of the list!? What kind of cruel people wrote that article!? Seriously .. if there is something you want to AVOID, it is

Oh my god the put SOAP and WSDL on top of the list!? What kind of cruel people wrote that article!? Seriously .. if there is something you want to AVOID, it is knowing SOAP and WSDL internals. Too complex. Too bloated.