Inside Windows Communication Foundation

by Justin Smith

Dig into Windows Communication Foundation internals--and uncover the power of service-oriented design. This practical guide delivers in-depth insights and plenty of code samples to help you master the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735623066
• ISBN13: 9780735623064
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent "inside" book

If you need a book to learn how to extend and use WCF as a plattform developer, not just use it, this is the book.

Great insight

Some other posters have commented about the lack of examples or guidance for "real-world" applications. I don't think that is the intent of this book. As a developer who has been using WCF on and off for about 1.5 years now, this book has given me greater insight into the role that WCF plays in the SOA world, both in .net to .net environment as well as cross-platform. Even after working with WCF for more than a year I still sometimes find it hard to explain to people exactly what WCF is, why it's an improvement over asmx or remoting, etc. This book has provided me with the understanding to be able explain that better to others.

Simply a Great

One of the greatest 'Inside' book I've ever read. Author did a fantastic job. Excellent writing, sapmles are easy to understand also for not so experienced WCF programmers like me (this was my second book I've read about WCF after Programming WCF Services (Programming) by Juval Lowy). Book has just 'only' 300 pages but it's because there is absolutely no fluffy filler like in many IT books. I think this book is fully comparable to Jeffrey Richter's legendary programming books. I also suggest to read Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed.

Excellent!

The author's approach to teaching you WCF is to first tell you why you'd even want to know about WCF in the first place and then tell you how it works. I think this is a great approach and I wish more authors would write like this. If you want to understand the *why* and the *how* this book is for you.

Best WCF Book - Period

Having had the need to learn WCF recently, I picked up Justin's Book and it rocks. First it's not just a dump of the SDK (don't you hate that?). 2nd the guy clearly has a personality and is a fluent writer, the book is very informative and keeps your interest throughout. You can follow along with the book in easy to consume bite sized chunks, and be a WCF master before Tea.