Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5

Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">“Whether this is the first time or the fifty-first time you’re using WCF, you’ll learn something new by reading this book.”</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> --Nicholas Allen, Program Manager, Web Services, Microsoft</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the easiest way to produce and consume Web services on the Microsoft platform. With .NET 3.5, WCF has been extensively revamped--and Visual Studio 2008 gives developers powerful new tools for utilizing it. Essential Windows Communication Foundation shows developers exactly how to make the most of WCF with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Drawing on extensive experience working with early adopters, three Microsoft insiders systematically address the topics developers ask about WCF. The authors approach each subject with practical advice and present best practices, tips, and tricks for solving problems. Throughout, you’ll find detailed explanations, solutions for the “pain points” of WCF development, and an extensive collection of reusable code examples. Coverage includes</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Using WCF contracts to define complex structures and interfaces</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Understanding WCF’s channel stacks and channel model architecture</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Configuring the WCF communication stack to use only the protocols you need</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Using standard and custom service behaviors to manage concurrency, instances, transactions, and more</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Serializing data from .NET types to XML Infosets and representing Infosets “on the wire” </DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hosting WCF services via IIS, managed .NET applications, and Windows Activation Services</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">WCF security, in depth: authentication; transport and message-level security; and Internet and intranet scenarios</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Improving reliability: exception handling, diagnostics, and more</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Workflow services: new integration points between WCF 3.5 and Windows Workflow Foundation</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Building client-to-client, peer network-based applications</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Utilizing WCF for non-SOAP Web services: AJAX and JSON examples and .NET 3.5 hosting classes </DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Microsoft’s <B>Steve Resnick</B>, <B>Richard Crane</B>, and <B>Chris Bowen </B>are technology experts at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston. They specialize in helping customers improve their technical agility by applying WCF and related technologies. Resnick has specialized in Internet technologies and distributed computing at Microsoft since 1995. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft events and is now technology director for the U.S. Microsoft Technology Centers. Crane has more than 15 years of experience in senior software development roles. He specializes in large-scale Web sites, distributed computing, transactional systems, and performance analysis. Bowen has been an architect and developer for more than 15 years at companies such as Monster.com and Staples and is co-author of Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <DIV sercontent> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Foreword xxv</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Preface xxvii</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 1: Basics 1</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 2: Contracts 33</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 3: Channels 91</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 4: Bindings 111</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 5: Behaviors 181</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 6: Serialization and Encoding 241</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 7: Hosting 287</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 8: Security 315</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 9: Diagnostics 375</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 10: Exception Handling 403</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 11: Workflow Services 423</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 12: Peer Networking 459</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 13: Programmable Web 503</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Appendix: Advanced Topics 537</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Index 553</P> </DIV>