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Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation
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Part of Microsoft's radical new WinFX API is the Indigo foundation, more formally
known as the Windows Communication Foundation, or WCF. Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft
SOA Implementation is a complete guide to WCF from the SOA architecture perspective
and shows you why WCF is important to web service development and architecture.
The book covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security,
the peer-to-peer programming model, and more. You’ll also learn how to
move your current DCOM and .NET remoting applications to WCF, and how to integrate
those applications with new WCF-based applications. You’ll want to get
ahold of a copy because it
* Contains a comprehensive WCF programming model
* Explains how queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF
* Discusses implementing transaction support in WCF
* Shows how to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
* Thoroughly covers WCF security topics and concerns
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 Introducing Windows
Communication Foundation
Chapter 1 Introducing Service-Oriented Architecture
Chapter 2 Introducing WCF Basics
Chapter 3 Exploring the WCF Programming Model
PART 2 Programming with WCF
Chapter 4 Installing and Creating WCF Services
Chapter 5 Hosting and Consuming WCF Services
Chapter 6 Managing WCF Services
PART 3 Advanced Topics in WCF
Chapter 7 Implementing WCF Security
Chapter 8 Implementing Reliable Messaging and Queue-Based
Communications
Chapter 9 Using Transactions in WCF
Chapter 10 Integrating with COM+
Chapter 11 Working with Data
Chapter 12 Developing Peer-to-Peer Applications with WCF
Chapter 13 Implementing SOA Interoperability
PART 4 Appendixes
Appendix A QuickReturns Ltd
Appendix B History of Microsoft Web Service Implementations
Appendix C WCF and .NET Framework Installation Steps
Index
About the Authors
Amit Bahree is a solution architect with Avanade and has over 14 years of experience
in IT, developing and designing mission-critical systems. His background is
a mixture of product development, embedded systems, and custom solutions across
both public and private sectors. He has experience in a wide range of industry
verticals ranging from financial services to utilities to insurance and has
implemented solutions for many Fortune 100 companies. For Amit, computers is
a passion first, a hobby second, and a career third, and he is glad he gets
paid to do what he loves the most. He can be contacted via his blog at www.desigeek.com.
Aftab Chopra is an architect with over 16 years of experience in IT, designing,
developing, and rolling out enterprise systems across four continents. His background
is a mix of delivery management, business management, and development of a mixture
of business solutions across industry verticals including financial services,
insurance, mortgage, aviation, communications, and utilities among others for
global business leaders. Aftab can be reached at aftabchopra@gmail.com.
Shawn Cicoria is a consultant with Avanade and lives with his family in Denville,
New Jersey. He has MBAs in finance and information systems, and a BA in economics.
Shawn is also a MCT training instructor with SetFocus, located in Parsippany,
New Jersey. He has been working in systems for nearly 20 years, mostly in financial
services (even working with punchcards). Shawn has worked on many platforms
including VMS, UNIX variants, and, for most of the past decade, Microsoft Windows.
Shawn has concentrating on distributed technologies such as COM[+], J2EE, and,
for the past 5 years, .NET, SOAP, BizTalk, and database technologies—and
now WinFX, using them to create capital market solutions that serve the needs
of business on time and on budget.
Dennis Mulder started his career in 1997, choosing to dedicate himself to Microsoft
technology. As an early adopter of Microsoft technology, Dennis has kept pace
with certification challenges and succeeded in getting several certifications.
In August 2004, he started work with Avanade, a Microsoft and Accenture joint
venture. Currently he is focused on a few areas of the Microsoft platform, specifically
service orientation, integration, and infrastructure for development. As a consultant
based in the Netherlands, Dennis works with enterprise customers to solve their
challenges by leveraging the power of the Microsoft platform. Besides his role
as a principal consultant, Dennis is a solution manager and evangelist focusing
on several of the Avanade assets. Every now and then, he writes articles for
Microsoft .NET Magazine, a Dutch publication. He is a frequent speaker at Dutch
Microsoft conferences and usergroups, and he has become an INETA speaker as
of early 2006, which gives him some visibility outside of the Netherlands as
well.
Nishith Pathak is an expert solution developer on the .NET platform for Accenture,
India. He is an avid reader, prolific writer, and hardcore aspirant to mastering
Microsoft technologies. He is a Microsoft purist and is MCSD (VB 6.0), MCAD.NET,
and MCSD.NET(EA) certified. His expertise lies in developing enterprise applications
for Fortune 100 companies spanning the globe. He blogs on http://Dotnetpathak.blog.
Chris Peiris, .NET MVP, has a masters degree in IT, and bachelor of computing
and bachelor of accounting degrees from Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Chris currently works for Avanade as a solutions architect. Chris has coauthored
many books on web services, UDDI, C#, IIS, Java, and security topics. He has
written many articles, reviews, and columns for various online publications
including DevX, 15 Seconds, Wrox Press, and ASP Today. He is also a frequent
speaker at professional developer conferences on Microsoft technologies. Chris
has developed large-scale integration solutions for financial institutions,
G2G, B2B, and media groups since 1995. Chris’s current passions include
WCF, WinFX, IBM Message Broker, and EAI. He lives with his family in Conder,
ACT, in Australia. He can be reached at www.chrispeiris.com.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Jan 26, 2007 John M. (ssc_wpl@yahoo.com) from NY Metro
Broad coverage
Provides a good broad coverage aimed squarely and both understanding what WCF in relation to SOA is all about. Walkthroughs of the basics with samples that work with the RTM release and not just the Beta release of WinFX
Good coverage of working with existing legacy applications and cross platform with the Java world.
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