Programming .Net Web Services

By Alex Ferrara and Matthew MacDonald

Book Overview

Web services are poised to become a key technology for a wide range of Internet-enabled applications, spanning everything from straight B2B systems to mobile devices and proprietary in-house software. While there are several tools and platforms that can be used for building web services, developers are finding a powerful tool in Microsoft's .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET. Designed from scratch to support the development of web services, the .NET Framework simplifies the process--programmers find that tasks that took an hour using the SOAP Toolkit take just minutes. Programming .NET Web Services is a comprehensive tutorial that teaches you the skills needed to develop web services hosted on the .NET platform. Written for experienced programmers, this book takes you beyond the obvious functionality of ASP.NET or Visual Studio .NET to give you a solid foundation in the building blocks of web services, and leads you step-by-step through the process of creating your own. Beginning with a close look at the underlying technologies of web services, including the benefits and limitations, Programming .NET Web Services discusses the unique features of the .NET Framework that make creating web services easier, including the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the namespaces used in .NET programming. Filled with numerous code examples using the C# language, the book leads you through some of the more challenging issues of web services development, including the use of proxies, marshalling of complex data types, state management, security, performance tuning and cross-platform implementation. The book also covers: Creating and publishing your first web service The UDDI project, tModels and what they mean for web service publishers Securing web service applications Written for programmers who are familiar with the .NET Framework and interested in building industrial-strength web services, Programming .NET Web Services is full of practical information and good old-fashioned advice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596002505
• ISBN13: 9780596002503
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

The book, explains the concept of Web Services, of, forms clear and deep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- El libro, explica el concepto de Web Services, de, forma clara y profunda.

Awesome book

I am reading this book after looking at some other WebService books, and this one is climbing the charts. All the chapters are very thorough and I am quite surprised that not many people have discovered this gem. Grab a copy and read it, and you will become a confident and knowledgeable web services developer.

Programming .NET Web Services

I like this book. It's very useful for a web developer.

one of the best titles for web services developers

This text addresses just about every challenge a web-services developer may face. Whether it involves calling a set of services asynchronously (and somehow keeping the client(s) updated of its progress) - or whether it is monitoring, profiling and logging your web-services - this text contains well explained examples of doing a lot of useful stuff.It has saved me a lot of time - and I found it well worth the price.

Great Web Services Text

This book provides a very thorough coverage of web service development using ASP.NET. I found the step-by-step configuration sections to be very helpful, and also found the more detailed coverage of the framework, including ASP.NET security and interop to be helpful. I highly recommend it.