Essential Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the easiest way to produce and consume Web services on the Microsoft platform. With .NET 3.5, WCF has been extensively... » 

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the easiest way to produce and consume Web services on the Microsoft platform. With .NET 3.5, WCF has been extensively revamped--and Visual Studio 2008 gives developers powerful new tools for utilizing it. Essential Windows Communication Foundation shows developers exactly how to make the most of WCF with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

Drawing on extensive experience working with early adopters, three Microsoft insiders systematically address the topics developers ask about WCF. The authors approach each subject with practical advice and present best practices, tips, and tricks for solving problems. Throughout, you'll find detailed explanations, solutions for the pain points of WCF development, and an extensive collection of reusable code examples. Coverage includesUsing WCF contracts to define complex structures and interfacesUnderstanding WCF's channel stacks and channel model architectureConfiguring the WCF communication stack to use only the protocols you needUsing standard and custom service behaviors to manage concurrency, instances, transactions, and moreSerializing data from .NET types to XML Infosets and representing Infosets on the wireHosting WCF services via IIS, managed .NET applications, and Windows Activation ServicesWCF security, in depth: authentication; transport and message-level security; and Internet and intranet scenariosImproving reliability: exception handling, diagnostics, and moreWorkflow services: new integration points between WCF 3.5 and Windows Workflow FoundationBuilding client-to-client, peer network-based applicationsUtilizing WCF for non-SOAP Web services: AJAX and JSON examples and .NET 3.5 hosting classes «