.NET Web Service Programming

Author: Alex Ferrara
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Web services are a promising new technology that can be used for various user and enterprise services on the Internet, ranging from Google Search Engine, Microsoft MapPoint, and eBay PriceWatcher to B2B backend systems like Microsoft Passport and internal integration solutions. Developers find Microsoft's .NET Framework to be a powerful tool for creating and deploying web services. This book provides a quick and comprehensive tutorial for experienced developers, demonstrating how to develop web services using ASP.NET, Visual Studio .NET, and the attributes and types of the System.Web.Services namespace in the .NET Framework. The book first delves into the protocols defining web services, particularly HTTP, SOAP, and WSDL, then briefly introduces the unique features of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework that make creating and deploying web services easier. The book includes numerous C# code examples to guide you through some of the more challenging aspects of web service development, including using proxies, marshaling simple and complex data types, state management, security, performance tuning, and cross-platform interoperability. The book also covers the following topics:
- Understanding the various files generated by Visual Studio .NET
- Reading important XML schema documents, including SOAP requests and responses, representations of simple and complex data types, and WSDL and UDDI documents
- Using .NET and XML attributes to better control the behavior of web services
- Deploying web services using IIS and FrontPage Extensions or UNC file sharing
- Using asynchronous messaging and caching to achieve higher performance
- Using the UDDL publishing protocol and tModel to allow third parties to access your web services
- Using WSDL, VS.NET, and the .NET Framework SDK tools to automatically generate and use client proxy classes
- Writing secure web services using the security features of the .NET Framework and IIS
- The book concludes with a rich list of additional resources and API quick references for the System.Web.Services namespace of the .NET Framework class library.
This book is written for programmers who want to create enterprise-level XML web services and are familiar with C# and the .NET Framework, offering plenty of practical information and good advice.