• Author:
  • Evjen, Bill
• Subject:
  Internet Guides & Online Services
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  10/05/2002
• Price:
  $97.99
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This book is a comprehensive guide that walks the reader through developing and consuming XML Web Services using the .NET platform and ASP.NET. It begins with an overview of the .NET framework and an explanation of the process behind XML Web Services, and then quickly delves into building and consuming Web Services. Included will be discussions of proxies, classes, SOAP, Global XML Web Services Architecture, WSDL, UDDI, and Disco. The book will also cover the important issue of security and how to apply encryption and signing. This book is the reader's guide to advanced XML Web Services such as error and exception handling, configuration, and optimization.

Bill Evjen is an active proponent of the .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were released in 2000 and has since become the president of the St. Louis .NET User Group, as well as the founder and executive director of the International .NET Association. Bill, who coauthored the Visual Basic .NET Bible, is also an active author and speaker on .NET technologies.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part I: The .NET Framework.

Chapter 1: The .NET Foundation.

Chapter 2: The Technologies of .NET.

Part II: The Basics of XML Web Services

Chapter 3: Introduction to XML Web Services.

Chapter 4: Building a Simple XML Web Service

Chapter 5: Consuming XML Web Services.

Part III: Building XML Web Services.

Chapter 6: XML Web Services Architecture.

Chapter 7: The Visual Part of XML Web Services.

Chapter 8: State Management.

Chapter 9: Proxies.

Part IV: XML Web Services Description and Discovery

Chapter 10: WSDL.

Chapter 11: UDDI.

Chapter 12: Disco.

Part V: All About SOAP.

Chapter 13: SOAP.

Chapter 14: Advanced SOAP.

Chapter 15: Global XML Web Services Architecture.

Part VI: Security.

Chapter 16: General Security Issues.

Chapter 17: Advanced Security.

Part VII: ADO.NET and XML Web Services

Chapter 18: Working with ADO.NET.

Chapter 19: XML Web Services and ADO.NET.

Part VIII: Advanced XML Web Services.

Chapter 20: Error and Exception Handling.

Chapter 21: Configuration and Optimization.

Chapter 22: Advanced Issues in XML Web Services.

Chapter 23: Screen Scraping.

Part IX: .NET My Services and .NET Remoting

Chapter 24: .NET My Services.

Chapter 25: .NET Remoting: An Alternative to XML Web Services.

Chapter 26: In Conclusion.

Appendix A: XML Web Services Classes.

Appendix B: XML Primer.

Appendix C: XSD Primer.

Appendix D: Bill Evjen's .NET Resources.

Index.