RESTful .NET

RESTful .NET

<div><p><em>RESTful .NET</em> is the first book that teaches Windows developers to build RESTful web services using the latest Microsoft tools. Written by Windows Communication Foundation (WFC) expert Jon Flanders, this hands-on tutorial demonstrates how you can use WCF and other components of the .NET 3.5 Framework to build, deploy and use REST-based web services in a variety of application scenarios.<br/><br/>RESTful architecture offers a simpler approach to building web services than SOAP, SOA, and the cumbersome WS-<em> stack. And WCF has proven to be a flexible technology for building distributed systems not necessarily tied to WS-</em> standards. <em>RESTful .NET</em> provides you with a complete guide to the WCF REST programming model for building web services consumed either by machines or humans. You'll learn how to:<br/><br/></p><ul><li>Program Read-Only (GET) services</li><li>Program READ/WRITE services</li><li>Host REST services</li><li>Program REST feeds</li><li>Program AJAX REST clients</li><li>Secure REST endpoints</li><li>Use workflow to deliver REST services</li><li>Consume RESTful XML services using WCF</li><li>Work with HTTP</li><li>Work with ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria)</li></ul><p><em>RESTful .NET</em> introduces you to the ideas of REST and RESTful architecture, and includes a detailed discussion of how the Web/REST model plugs into the WCF architecture. If you develop with .NET, it's time to jump on the RESTful bandwagon. This book explains how.<br/><br/>"While REST is simple, WCF is not. To really understand and exploit this part of WCF requires a knowledgeable and experienced guide. I don't know anybody who's better suited for this role than Jon Flanders. ...Jon is first-rate at explaining complicated things. This book is the best introduction I've seen to creating and using these services with WCF."--David Chappell, Chappell & Associates</p></div>