Programming WCF Services
by: Juval Lowy
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Written by Microsoft software legend Juval Lowy, "Programming WCF Services" is the authoritative introduction to Microsoft's new, and some say revolutionary, unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. Relentlessly practical, the book delivers insight, not documentation, to teach developers what they need to know to build the next generation of SOAs.
After explaining the advantages of service-orientation for application design and teaching the basics of how to develop SOAs using WCF, the book shows how you can take advantage of built-in features such as service hosting, instance management, asynchronous calls, synchronization, reliability, transaction management, disconnected queued calls and security to build best in class applications. "Programming WCF Services" focuses on the rationale behind particular design decisions, often shedding light on poorly-documented and little-understood aspects of SOA development. Developers and architects will learn not only the "how" of WCF programming, but also relevant design guidelines, best practices, and pitfalls. Original techniques and utilities provided by the author throughout the book go well beyond anything that can be found in conventional sources.
Based on experience and insight gained while taking part in the strategic design of WCF and working with the team that implemented it, "Programming WCF Services" provides experienced working professionals with the definitive work on WCF. Not only will this book make you a WCF expert, it will make you a better software engineer. It's the Rosetta Stone of WCF.
Written by Microsoft software legend Juval Lowy, "Programming WCF Services" is the authoritative introduction to Microsoft's new, and some say revolutionary, unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. Relentlessly practical, the book delivers insight, not documentation, to teach developers what they need to know to build the next generation of SOAs.
After explaining the advantages of service-orientation for application design and teaching the basics of how to develop SOAs using WCF, the book shows how you can take advantage of built-in features such as service hosting, instance management, asynchronous calls, synchronization, reliability, transaction management, disconnected queued calls and security to build best in class applications. "Programming WCF Services" focuses on the rationale behind particular design decisions, often shedding light on poorly-documented and little-understood aspects of SOA development. Developers and architects will learn not only the "how" of WCF programming, but also relevant design guidelines, best practices, and pitfalls. Original techniques and utilities provided by the author throughout the book go well beyond anything that can be found in conventional sources.
Based on experience and insight gained while taking part in the strategic design of WCF and working with the team that implemented it, "Programming WCF Services" provides experienced working professionals with the definitive work on WCF. Not only will this book make you a WCF expert, it will make you a better software engineer. It's the Rosetta Stone of WCF.
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- Excellent WCF resource!
I bought this book after attending a TechEd session Juval led. I must say, I am as impressed with this book as I was with his presentation. As a WCF beginner, this book is an excellent resource - it explains things in a way that is simple and easy to understand, yet covers a broad range of beginner to advanced topics. The book is hard to put down!
If you're learning WCF or just need a good reference, this book is THE must-have WCF resource!
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- Achieved its Goals
This book achieved its goal precisely by providing a comprehensive coverage for the WCF architecture and how to make use of it.
I read some comments complaining about not providing examples and no actual working application is provided to demonstrate functionality. As the author declared at the beginning of his book: "I assume you, the reader, are an experienced developer[...] You should ideally have a fare understanding of .NET" so don't expect this book to teach you .NET. And if you are ... Read More
Rating: - on behalf of Arul Arokia Sagayaraj
Programming WCF Services by Juval Lowy is a good book for people who would like to migrate from conventional web service / windows service to the new paradigm. It is also good handbook for programmers who are well versed with the technology. The book covers everything from Design, Development to maintaining. The book is structured well. It starts with explanation on configuration and explains how to handle configuration programmatically. Even though I find it too detailed at some point, the good ... Read More
Rating: - Very solid WCF reference book
It's rare that you find technical books this well written. It helps that the author of the book directly worked on the design of WCF in the first place, no stone/detail is left unturned.All the important issues are covered: transactions, security, sessions etc. Very clear writing, great use of graphs for explaining complicated issues.
Makes for a great study guide for the 70-503 exam, and also as a WCF reference book.
Rating: - Great overview of WCF
This is a fantastic overview of WCF with just enough details to really understand all of the covered topics.This is probably above an 'intro' book.I've been programming with WCF for two years now, so I've got a good understanding of the technology.This book definitely took my understanding to the next level.He provides really useful code samples, plus explains the 'why' of the technology in terms of why things are broken up the way they are.This is also the first WCF book I've encountered ... Read More
- Excellent WCF resource!I bought this book after attending a TechEd session Juval led. I must say, I am as impressed with this book as I was with his presentation. As a WCF beginner, this book is an excellent resource - it explains things in a way that is simple and easy to understand, yet covers a broad range of beginner to advanced topics. The book is hard to put down!
If you're learning WCF or just need a good reference, this book is THE must-have WCF resource!
- Achieved its GoalsThis book achieved its goal precisely by providing a comprehensive coverage for the WCF architecture and how to make use of it.
I read some comments complaining about not providing examples and no actual working application is provided to demonstrate functionality. As the author declared at the beginning of his book: "I assume you, the reader, are an experienced developer[...] You should ideally have a fare understanding of .NET" so don't expect this book to teach you .NET. And if you are ... Read More
- on behalf of Arul Arokia SagayarajProgramming WCF Services by Juval Lowy is a good book for people who would like to migrate from conventional web service / windows service to the new paradigm. It is also good handbook for programmers who are well versed with the technology. The book covers everything from Design, Development to maintaining. The book is structured well. It starts with explanation on configuration and explains how to handle configuration programmatically. Even though I find it too detailed at some point, the good ... Read More
- Very solid WCF reference bookIt's rare that you find technical books this well written. It helps that the author of the book directly worked on the design of WCF in the first place, no stone/detail is left unturned.All the important issues are covered: transactions, security, sessions etc. Very clear writing, great use of graphs for explaining complicated issues.
Makes for a great study guide for the 70-503 exam, and also as a WCF reference book.
- Great overview of WCFThis is a fantastic overview of WCF with just enough details to really understand all of the covered topics.This is probably above an 'intro' book.I've been programming with WCF for two years now, so I've got a good understanding of the technology.This book definitely took my understanding to the next level.He provides really useful code samples, plus explains the 'why' of the technology in terms of why things are broken up the way they are.This is also the first WCF book I've encountered ... Read More
