Professional ASP.NET Web Services

by Andreas Eide, Chris Miller, Bill Sempf, Srinivasa Sivakumar, Mike Batongbacal, Matthew Reynolds, Mike Clark, Brian Loesgen, Robert Eisenberg, Brandon Bohling, Russ Basiura, Don Lee (Contributor)

Paperback: 700 pages
Publisher: Wrox Press Inc
ISBN: 1861005458; 1st edition (November 2001)

This book will show you how to create high-quality Web Services using ASP.NET. It describes the standards that are core to the Web Services architecture and examines how these standards are integrated into ASP.NET. The processes involved in building and consuming Web Services are discussed along with in-depth code examples. The book concludes with three case studies, each examining a different application of Web Services, and presenting a complete solution.

This book covers:
• Building and consuming Web Services in ASP.NET
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
• Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
• Discovering Web Services with UDDI
• Exposing data sources through Web Services
• Performance techniques
• Securing Web Services
• Transactional Web Services
• .NET My Services (Hailstorm)

From the Publisher: This book is for intermediate or experienced ASP.NET programmers who want to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented by Web Services standards. We offer a full support service to readers of this book. This includes community discussion on p2p.wrox.com and responsive email support through support@wrox.com. Authors and editors that worked on Professional ASP.NET Web Services will help you to get the most from the book.

About the Author: Andreas Eide has been working as a developer and software architect for the past eight years. He is an MCSD, MCT, and is also MSDN Regional Director and a regular speaker at seminars and conferences. You can contact Andreas at andreas.eide@objectware.no...

Customer Reviews
Comprehensive coverage, January 31, 2002
Reviewer: SP Greening from NYC, New York
The first few chapters teach you the basics, most of which I knew already, but it is the later chapters which are really great. The chapter on SOAP security (a subject about which I confess I knew very little) taught me everything I am ever likely to need or want to know about that subject. There's also loads of great examples to get you going. To sum up - it's great!

Fantastic Book Made Infuriating, March 26, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Tucson, AZ United States
There is some outstanding content in this book: the Chapters on SOAP Techniques, SOAP Security and Transactions are the best I've ever read. So why two stars? First, the publishers have chosen to include only C# examples in the book (the VB.NET code is available as a download from the Wrox site). This seemed acceptable when I first bought the book, but I found that instead of the natural reading flow, I was stopping every few lines to go hunting through the download files to find the corresponding VB.NET examples. Given what Wrox charges for this book, they should have included VB.NET. Second, the downloads are poorly documented and have multiple errors, typos and problems. So what could have been a great learning experience became just another infuriating slog through a poorly edited product. If you're a C# developer it's probably a great read (perhaps the C# downloads are error-free), but for VB.NET developers I wouldn't recommend it.

The best book, February 14, 2002
Reviewer: Reader from AZ, USA
The best book that I've ever seen for Web Services. This book covers all about Web Services and the advanced topics such as Caching and Security are the highlight of this book. Highly recommended!

Excellent Book on Web Services, February 14, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Chocago, IL USA
Best book on web services. It covers all I need to learn about Web services from the ground up. One of the best parts of the book is advanced topics such as Caching and Security. That where the book shines very much.

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