- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (12 Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0321113594
- ISBN-13: 978-0321113597
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,294,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Most books on Web Services have focused on specific technologies, and how to use those class libraries to build services and clients. Some have attempted to give an overview of SOAP and WSDL and other related technologies. This book will address the issue of why Web services exist, and how to create them using Microsoft .NET. As Program Manager for Web Services in Microsoft's .NET Framework group no one is in a better position than Keith to explain why .NET's web services tools were set up the way they are, and how to get the most out of them. Once you understand how implementation and architecture of Web services work in .NET, you'll be better able to take full advantage of .NET's powerful tools. The book features a lot of code and many working examples.
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Praise for .NET Web Services
“Keith Ballinger has been ‘Mr. Web Services’ at Microsoft for as long as there were Web services. Anyone doing work on the Microsoft Web Services platform would do themselves a favor by reading this book, as Keith’s insights are unique.”
—Bob Beauchemin, DevelopMentor“This book is a very good introduction to Web services, providing enough specific information for a person to fully understand the principles and implementation issues of Web services . . . Ballinger clearly outlines the fundamental architectural topics that any organization looking to implement XML Web services should consider.”
—Colin Bowern, Consultant, Microsoft Corporation“This book provides information about all principal components of Webservices: transport protocol, interface definition and services discovery mechanisms, security and messaging infrastructure, as well as underlying technologies (XML, TCP/IP, HTTP). Description of each subject is comprehensive and complete; examples provide good illustration from the content.”
—Max Loukianov, Solomio Corp..NET Web Services is the authoritative guide to designing and architecting better Web services using Microsoft technologies. Written by Keith Ballinger, a Program Manager for XML Web Services at Microsoft, this book explains what Web services are, why they exist, and how they work in .NET. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the technologies that allows them to take full advantage of .NET.
The book opens with an introduction to Web services and Web services standards. It then explores .NET technologies and examines how the .NET Framework gives developers the tools they need to build Web service applications. The core of the book focuses on the key specifications that make up the Web services architecture, from HTTP to SOAP to WS-Security. .NET Web Services concludes with the author's expert advice on architecting and designing Web service applications.
Topics covered include:
- The features and pitfalls of Web services
- Web services standards
- Creating Web Services with ASP.NET
- Creating Web service clients
- XML serialization with .NET
- Extending Web services
- Transport protocols for Web services
- XML and XML Schemas
- SOAP
- Describing Web services
- Discovering Web services
- Messaging with Web services
- Securing Web services
- Advanced messaging
Best practices are illustrated throughout with full working examples as well as code samples using C# and ASP.NET Web services. A companion Web site at www.keithba.net includes all sample code from the book.
Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series are written and reviewed by the principal authorities and pioneering developers of the Microsoft .NET technologies, including the Microsoft .NET development team and DevelopMentor. Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series focus on the design, architecture, and implementation of the Microsoft .NET initiative to empower developers and students everywhere with the knowledge they need to thrive in the Microsoft .NET revolution.
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I was duped!,
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This review is from: .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation with .NET (Paperback)
The blurb says, "Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the technologies that allow them to take full advantage of .Net". That was absolutely NOT my experience. I was coming to this with 3 years C++ programming, which included a fair bit of work with XML parsers - MSXML, Xerces and Expat. I need to get up to speed quickly with .Net web services and the .Net XML serialization classes. What I wanted was clear comprehensive explanation of the technology with detailed working examples that had been thoroughly tested and reviewed. First I read the whole book through quickly to try and get the big picture. I came away disappointed finding there was not much here that I had not picked up at a free 1 day seminar organised by a training supplier in London. Currently I am going through some of the examples and code in detail and I am becoming even more disappointed. The examples are superficial and confusing. p93 has an example to demonstrate that XML serialization does not preserve type fidelity. An object of one type is serialized out and then de-serialized into a different type. This code compiles and runs; however all of the members of the deserialized object are null references. I am left wondering what I am supposed to infer from that? Following this example, on page p94 we are cautioned to check that the XML we are about to deserialize will map to the class that we are deserializing it to. The text alleges "You can easily do this with the CanDeserialze method." Then there is a code snippet in which the CanDeserialize method takes a parameter called "inStream"."inStream" - that would be a file stream or network stream - yes? No! When you try the code you discover that CanDeserialize does not take a File or Network stream but needs an XMLReader object which has not as yet been introduced in the text. If you know absolutely nothing about Web Services, XML and .Net this book points you to all of the relevant standards and gives a superficial overview of how the technology fits together. If you are looking for examples of 'real world' web services and "how to do it" information and best practices (as I was) steer well clear.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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The best .NET web services book,
This review is from: .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation with .NET (Paperback)
Ignore the other review on this page! This is easily the best web services book for .NET, although it does jump in a little quickly with a massive chapter that takes you through several heavy topics very quickly. If you're patient however, this book has the architectural background that a lot of other books miss, and as a program manager for XML web services in Microsoft, Keith really knows what he's talking about. The fact is that the technical details of how to use web services are really pretty simple -- the .NET infrastructure is that good. However, building web services that are interoperable, and which will allow your application to grow, is the tricky part and explaining how to do this is where this book really shines.
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Not good,
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This review is from: .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation with .NET (Paperback)
Found this book very hard to gain an understanding of Web Services. The author clearly has an in depth understanding of Web Services, however their ability to put this into a clear and concise book is sadly lacking. I recommend Programming .NET Web Services, O'Reilly, A Ferrara, M MacDonald as a much better alternative.
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