Programming .NET Web Services

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On-line Price: $59.95 (includes GST) Paperback package 414 20%Off Retail Price You save: $15.00	Retail Price: $74.95 Publisher: O'REILLY,September 2002 Category: WEB SERVICES Level: I/A ISBN: 0596002505 ISBN13: 9780596002503
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This comprehensive tutorial teaches programmers the skills they need to develop XML web services hosted on the Microsoft .NET platform. Programming .NET Web Services also shows you how to consume these services on both Microsoft and non-Windows clients, and how to weave them into well-designed and scalable applications. For those interested in building industrial-strength web services, this book is full of practical information and good old-fashioned advice.

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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.

      Related O'Reilly Titles:

.NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition

ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Programming ASP.NET

Table of Contents

Preface

  1. Understanding Web Services

          Why Web Services?

          The Origin of Web Services

          The .NET Web Service Architecture

          Competing Web Service Technologies

          Other Technologies

  2. Creating ASP.NET Web Services

          Creating a Web Service: 'Hello, World'

          The WebService Attribute

          The WebMethod Attribute

          Deploying a Web Service

          Using the .NET Compilers

  3. Consuming Web Services

          The Web Service Consumer Model

          Accessing Web Services: HTTP

          Exposing Web Services: WSDL

          Calling Web Services: the Client Proxy

          Creating a Client Proxy

          Working with the Proxy Class

          Consuming a Web Site Using a Screen Scraper Service

  4. Working with Data Types

          Working with Simple Data Types

          Working with Complex Data Types

          Using Complex Data Types as Arguments

          Passing Data with DataSets

          Using Binary Data

  5. Managing State

          The Great State Debate

          State Management Scenarios

          ASP.NET's Session State Facility

          Session State Configuration

          Example: Managing Session State

          Application State

          Custom Cookies

          Stateless Web Services and Tickets

          SOAP Headers

  6. Asynchronous Services

          Asynchronous Consumption

          Asynchronous Services

  7. Caching and Profiling

          ASP.NET Caching

          Simple Output Caching

          Data Caching

          Cache Dependencies

          Replacing Stateful Design with Caching

          Profiling Your Web Service

  8. Debugging, Tracing, and Logging

          Debugging in Visual Studio .NET

          Using Exceptions

          Logging Errors with .NET

          SOAP Extensions

          Advanced SOAP Extensions

  9. Security and Authentication

          Potential Vulnerabilities

          Web Service Authentication

          IIS Security Features

          ASP.NET Security

          Programmatic Security

          Custom Authentication Techniques

          Process Security

  10. Publishing and Discovery

          Publishing

          UDDI

          UDDI Business Registries

          Registering a Business Entity

          WSDL and UDDI

          Visual Studio .NET and UDDI

          UDDI Messaging

          UDDI Access with .NET

          The WS-Inspection Alternative

          Customizing the IE Test Page

  11. Interoperability

          State of the Specifications

          Implementation Differences

          SOAP Interoperability

          WSDL Interoperability

          HTTP Interoperability and M-Post

          Known Interoperability Problems

          Maximizing Interoperability

  A. Namespace Quick Reference

  B. Web Service Technologies

  Index