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Windows® Communication Foundation 4 Step by Step
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Windows® Communication Foundation 4 Step by Step

by John Sharp
November 2010
Intermediate to advanced
740 pages
20h 59m
English
Microsoft Press

Overview

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building connected, service-oriented applications.

Teach yourself the essentials of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 4 -- one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the clear guidance and hands-on examples you need to begin creating Web services for robust Windows-based business applications.

Discover how to:

  • Build and host SOAP and REST services

  • Maintain service contracts and data contracts

  • Control configuration and communications programmatically

  • Implement message encryption, authentication, and authorization

  • Manage identity with Windows CardSpace

  • Begin working with Windows Workflow Foundation to create scalable and durable business services

  • Implement service discovery and message routing

  • Optimize performance with service throttling, encoding, and streaming

  • Integrate WCF services with ASP.NET clients and enterprise services components

  • Your Step by Step digital content includes:

  • Practice exercises

  • Downloadable code samples

  • Fully searchable online edition of the book -- with unlimited access on the Web

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