Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9780735623361 ISBN: 0735623368 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: January 31, 2007 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 110069 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionTeach yourself the essentials of using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) with this practical, hands-on tutorial. Understanding WCF--a key component of the new WinFX development environment--is essential for every developer who works with Web services in a service-oriented architecture. WCF helps connect separate services so that they can interoperate effectively, sharing processes, data, and results. With the popular STEP BY STEP approach, you work at your own pace through sequential, learn-by-doing exercises to understand the fundamental techniques for using WCF. You'll get the context for understanding how services interoperate, how they relate to service orientation to object-orientation, and hands-on guidance for creating WCF-enabled services for Windows. You'll also get a CD featuring practice exercises and code samples for each chapter.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - All you need to start with WCF
This book starts with an excellent intro to WCF in the first 10 chapters and in the last 6 chapters goes deeper into the framework. I liked the smooth gradual increase in complexity and the completeness of the content coverage.
As I used VS2008 on Vista with Enterprise Library 4.0 the primers do not always work as described. I can see how a novice in .NET and ASP.NET might get really frustrated with the inconsistencies (primarily around UAC and the Enterprise Library), but for more ... Read More
Rating: - Don't buy this book
I am trying to follow the exact steps in the book in Visual Studio 2005 on Windows XP in mid-2008. The book was apparently written before VS 2005 was released. Many details no longer apply. You can't follow the steps, starting from the very first example. The Enterprise Library Configuration described on p. 8 has a screenshot that is not what the Enterprise Library 3.1 Configuration Tool looks like. On the next page, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 with .Net 3.0 does not have a template for a WCF Service ... Read More
Rating: - Straight Forward and Easy to Follow
I purchased this book to get a good base in WCF and that's exactly what this book gives you. It's straight to the point and the examples were easy to follow. You may require something further for more advanced concepts.
Rating: - Not good for Vista and VS 2008 users
This book is both good and bad. The good is that the author is skilled at explaining complex material in simple straightforward manner and this is a rare skill for computer book authors. Also, the labs are more interesting than the standard "hello world" type of labs. However, like most of the WCF books out now, it is written for Visual Studio 2005 and for XP and not for Vista and Visual Studio 2008. The lab solutions don't even work. The worst is that the author and the publisher have no VS ... Read More
Rating: - A great book on WCF
This is an outstanding book on WCF. It starts by providing an effective introduction to, and explanation of the need for WCF. It then does a nice job of truly taking the reader step-by-step through the various aspects of WCF, using solid examples and labs to assist in learning. I had taken a 5-day course on WCF ~18 months ago and summarily forgot most of what I learned since I didn't make use of it. While I expected this to refresh my memory, it went well beyond that.
- All you need to start with WCF
- Don't buy this book
- Not good for Vista and VS 2008 users
