Professional WCF 4: Windows Communication Foundation with .NET 4, Dublin, and .NET Services

Description

A guide to architecting, designing, and building distributed applications with Windows Communication Foundation

  
Windows Communication Foundation is the .NET technology that is used to build service-oriented applications, exchange messages in various communication scenarios, and run workflows. This guide enables developers to create state-of-the-art applications using this technology.

  
Written by a team of Microsoft MVPs and WCF experts, this book explains how the pieces of WCF 4.0 build on each other to provide a comprehensive framework to support distributed enterprise applications. Experienced developers will learn both theory and practical application using the familiar Wrox approach.

  
.NET developers will learn to design services, create a hosting environment with Dublin, build cloud-based integrations, and much more.

  
Coverage Includes:

* Design Principles and Patterns
* Service Contracts and Data Contracts
* Bindings
* Clients
* Instancing
* Workflow Services
* Understanding WCF Security
* WCF Security in Action
* Federated Authentication in WCF
* Windows Azure Platform AppFabric
* Creating a SOA Case
* Creating the Communication and Integration Case
* Creating the Business Process
* Hosting

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION.

  
CHAPTER 1 Design Principles and Patterns.

  
CHAPTER 2 Service Contracts and Data Contracts.

  
CHAPTER 3 Bindings.

  
CHAPTER 4 Clients.

  
CHAPTER 5 Instancing.

  
CHAPTER 6 Workfl ow Services.

  
CHAPTER 7 Understanding WCF Security.

  
CHAPTER 8 WCF Security in Action.

  
CHAPTER 9 Federated Authentication in WCF.

  
CHAPTER 10 Windows Azure Platform AppFabric.

  
CHAPTER 11 Creating a SOA Case.

  
CHAPTER 12 Creating the Communication and Integration Case.

  
CHAPTER 13 Creating the Business Process.

  
CHAPTER 14 Hosting.

  
INDEX .