Professional WCF Programming: .NET Development with the Windows Communication Foundation

Description

* Part of the new .NET 3.0 extensions to .NET 2.0, WCF provides a unified platform for building and running connected systems and will be used by almost every .NET or SQL Server developer
* Targeted to experienced developers who want to build service-oriented and transactional applications on the Microsoft platform that offer reliable and secure transactional messaging
* Addresses the WCF technologies as well as the next generation of configuring and deploying network-distributed services
* Key topics discussed include binding, contracts, clients, services, security, deployment, management, and hosting

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments.

  
Introduction.

  Part I: Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 1: Windows Communication Foundation Overview.

  
Chapter 2: Windows Communication Foundation Concepts.

  
Chapter 3: Understanding Windows Communication Foundation.

  Part II: Programming Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 4: Addresses.

  
Chapter 5: Understanding and Programming WCF Bindings.

  
Chapter 6: Understanding and Programming WCF Contracts.

  
Chapter 7: Clients.

  
Chapter 8: Services.

  
Chapter 9: Transactions and Reliable Sessions.

  
Chapter 10: Security.

  
Chapter 11: Customizing Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 12: Interoperability and Integration.

  Part III: Deploying Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 13: Deploying Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 14: Managing Windows Communication Foundation.

  
Chapter 15: Hosting Windows Communication Foundation Services.

  
Appendix A: WCF Template Extensions in Visual Studio.

  
Appendix B: Case Study.

  
Index.