Pro WCF 4: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation

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Apress, Aug 28, 2011 - Computers - 472 pages
Pro WCF 4.0: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation from the service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective, showing you why WCF is important to service-oriented architecture and development. This book provides deep insight into the functionality of WCF, which shipped with .NET 4.0-like service discovery, routing service, simplified configuration, and other advanced features. Included in this title are informative examples that will aid the reader in understanding and implementing these important additions. This book also covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, and the peer-to-peer programming model. You'll also learn how to move your current .NET remoting and web service applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and .NET 4.0.
 

Contents

PART I Introducing Windows Communication Foundation
2
CHAPTER 1 WCF and SOA Basics
3
CHAPTER 2 Whats New in WCF 4
25
CHAPTER 3 Exploring the WCF Programming Model
55
PART II Programming with WCF
100
CHAPTER 4 Installing and Creating WCF Services
101
CHAPTER 5 Hosting and Consuming WCF Services
145
CHAPTER 6 Managing WCF Services
185
CHAPTER 8 Implementing Reliable Messaging and QueueBased Communications
253
CHAPTER 9 Using Transactions in WCF
281
CHAPTER 10 Integrating with COM+
303
CHAPTER 11 Working with Data
337
CHAPTER 12 Developing PeertoPeer Applications with WCF
371
CHAPTER 13 Implementing SOA Interoperability
399
APPENDIX QuickReturns Ltd
419
Index
425

PART III Advanced Topics in WCF
216
CHAPTER 7 Implementing WCF Security
219

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Nishith Pathak is a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" (MVP), reviewer, published Apress author, speaker, and Microsoft purist who has been working on the .NET platform since its early beta days. Nishith was born, raised, and educated in a town called Kotdwara in Uttaranchal, India. His expertise is in delivering enterprise solutions to Fortune 100 companies spanning the globe. He is a contributing author and an avid technical reviewer for multiple electronic and print publications. Over the years, he has also been involved in providing consultancy and training services to corporations. Nishith is a frequent speaker and conductor of webcasts for Microsoft India and user groups on various upcoming technologies. Currently, he is focused on key areas of the Microsoft platform, specifically distributed computing, service orientation, exploring Vista, and helping companies architect solutions based on service-oriented architecture (SOA). You can contact him at nispathak@hotmail.com and visit his blog at http://dotnetpathak.blogspot.com.

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