Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5 (Microsoft .NET Development Series) @ richardeward.com

Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5 (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
by Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, Chris Bowen
from Addison-Wesley Professional

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Worth it - if not just for reference
  Unfortunately this book is not as good as some of the other books in this series (mainly the windows workflow foundation) as there are a few too many mistakes (spelling, code, etc) and not that many real world examples. As an introduction and first steps book - great. As reference material for later use - great! - but for a read, as a developer, not that good. The target audience is too widely spread - developers (green and old), architects, business analysts, so this book is great to have in the office but... more info

• A must have guide to WCF
  If you are going to get into Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) with .NET Framework 3.5, you will want this book by your side.
  The authors do a great job of covering all the basics and then go in depth on each major WCF topic offering a chapter on each. They cover all the new .NET 3.5 topics thoroughly and in depth.
  The have an entire chapter on Workflow Services, which is new to .NET 3.5. They do a great job of explaining it from a WF viewpoint and a WCF viewpoint.
  They also have go into... more info

• WCF how to with VS2008
  A remarkably well organized and easy to read WCF how-to with respect to VS2008. Starts out with a basic service comparing code and configuration implementations. Subsequent chapters evolve gracefully reducing complexity to incremental understanding. Resulting SOAP and WSDL is presented with careful attention to cause and effect. WCF Services are compared with ASMX Web Services providing basic knowledge for newbies and practical information needed to move forward with WCF. Real world issues, like versioning,... more info

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