Inside Windows® Communication Foundation

Dive deep into the operation of Windows Communication Foundation with this practical, hands-on book—and learn the intricacies of Windows Communication Foundation and service-oriented concepts and implementations. Fundamentally, services are not objects. Given the prevalence of the object-oriented paradigm over the past 20 years, experienced developers need to explore a new way of thinking about architecting solutions. Concise and practical, this guide explains the fundamentals of applications built with a service-oriented architecture and how the international standards for Web services are implemented in Windows Communication Foundation. Each chapter includes at least two practical code samples in Visual C#.

Your practical guide to learning the intricacies of the Windows Communication Foundation

Unique Selling Proposition:

This practical guide takes developers deep inside the operations of the Windows Communication Foundation. Concise and practical, it covers service-oriented architecture principles and how Windows Communication Foundation implements Web services–compliant solutions.

Key Book Benefits:

• Delivers practical, hands-on guidance for understanding how Windows Communication Foundation implements standards that enable distributed application solutions
• Features timely and concise coverage of service-oriented concepts and implementations
• Includes at least two practical C# code samples per chapter

About the Author(s):

Justin Smith is an expert on building distributed applications and a developer evangelist at Microsoft. He is a former trainer and consultant at Wintellect where he helped develop the Windows Communication Foundation course for professional developers. Justin regularly speaks at industry and user-group events, including DevWeek and MSDN Code Camp.