Professional ASP.NET Web Services [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: 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)

The code in this book is presented in C#. Full Visual Basic .NET versions of all code samples and case studies are available along with C# downloads on the Wrox website.

Editorial Reviews

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 [e-mail]. 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 [e-mail]

Christopher L.

Currently, Bill Sempf is a Senior Consultant at Paros Business Partners, and owner of Products Of Innovative New Technology. He has written several articles on COM, COM+ and .Net technologies for TechRepublic, Internet.com and Inside Web Development Journal. Bill can be reached at [e-mail].

Srinivasa Sivakumar is a software consultant, developer, and writer. He specializes in Web and Mobile technologies using Microsoft solutions. He currently works in Chicago for TransTech, Inc. He also writes technical articles for ASPToday.com, CSharpToday.com, .NET Developer, etc.

Mike Batongbacal is a technology consultant developing n-tiered systems using Microsoft technologies such as Visual Basic, ASP, COM+, SQL Server and, most recently, the .NET platform. Mike is currently the E-Business Practice Lead for Magenic Technologies.

Matthew Reynolds is an in-house author for Wrox Press writing about and working with virtually all aspects of Microsoft .NET. He's also a regular contributor to Wrox's ASPToday and C#Today, and Web Services Architect. He can be reached on [e-mail]

Mike Clark is currently working in the UK for Lucin as Senior Analyst.

Brian Loesgen is a Chief Software Architect at Stellcom Inc., a leader in advanced enterprise and mobile solutions. Brian utilizes his XML expertise to translate new, technologies into real-world value. Brian is a frequent speaker at major technical conferences worldwide. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Robert Eisenberg is currently an independent consultant specializing in Web Services. In 1999 he was the CEO and cofounder of an eCommerce consulting firm that was acquired by Framfab Inc. He has written for DevX and spoken on .NET at Microsoft and at local user groups.

Brandon Bohling is a software engineer for Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been developing ASP-based web sites since its creation. He has fully embraced the .NET technologies and is devoted to spreading his knowledge.

Russ Basiura is an independent consultant and founder of RJB Technical Consulting, Inc.Russ specializes in the design and development of integration solutions that enable business partners to exchange confidential information. Russ can be contacted at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1st edition (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861005458
• ISBN-13: 978-1861005458
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #491,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive coverage, January 31, 2002

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SP Greening (NYC, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional ASP.NET Web Services (Paperback)

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!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaches how to develop real-world Web Services using ASP.NET, September 20, 2002

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J. Balderas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional ASP.NET Web Services (Paperback)

This is by far one of the best books on implementig Web Services in ASP .NET and the reason is simple: it addresses and provides examples on how to deal with inherent Web Services issues such as security and state management. In most other web services books I've read the chapters about security (if any) simply say it is an issue and talk about general concepts about security. This book is an exception to that. The examples on this book will teach you:
* How to use SOAP headers for authentication.
* How to map Windows accounts to impersonate users.
* How to enable session management for persisting state across different Web service methods.

Perhaps one of the big reasons I also liked the book is because the examples where in C#, whereas most other ASP .NET books use VB.NET by default. It'd be nice to see a second edition of this book covering examples on how to use the WS-Security standard using the recently released Microsoft Web Services Development Kit (WSDK).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is for EXPERIENCED programmers, October 4, 2002

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Southern California .NET User Group (SoCalNETug.org) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional ASP.NET Web Services (Paperback)

I read the book several times. I did some of the examples. The examples worked with no changes necessary. On the [web page], the book has an errata list, which is pretty small. The source code for C# and VB are on the wrox website. This book is for EXPERIENCED programmers. Don't even try to read it if you have no prior knowledge of web services.

The book has an excellent introduction to ASP.NET for web services. It probably is worth just going over the first two chapters to get a flavor of web services. Word of caution, I downloaded the VB samples, and they were a bit buggy. If you are a C# developer, the code in the book was fine. The VB code was not...