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Learning WCF: A Hands-on Guide
by Michele Bustamante
from O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Great empathetic writer!
  Not only does the author write well and explain concepts expertly, but from the effort she expended in putting together the instructional materials that readers can download to follow her along for the "hands on" parts of the book, one could tell she understands very well what readers need from a tech book writer!!

• superlative
  I purchased this and Lowy's book on WCF. Of the two, I'd say this is the one that will make WCF real to blue collar developers. More technical books need to be written this way. The author does an outstanding job of describing the pieces and parts of WCF from a functional standpoint before leading the reader through simple step-by-step exercises. These do a solid job of reinforcing the theory. I normally blow off working through sample code in technical works, but with WCF, it really helps to explore some... more info

• Excellent!
  I am very happy with this book: it's easy to read, the structure is very intuitive and logical, and everything you need to know is covered. If you're just starting with WCF and you're looking for an excellent resource on the subject, look no further.

• Gets you started quickly. Clear and comprehensive.
  This is a very good book to get started quickly with WCF. Specially useful are the setup instructions and the section on hosting, which can be big gotchas with new technologies like this one. The section on security is a nice touch.
  Here is the table of contents in case you are wondering:
  Chapter 1. Hello Indigo
  Section 1.1. Service Oriented Architecture
  Section 1.2. WCF Services
  Section 1.3. Fundamental WCF Concepts
  Section 1.4. Creating a New Service from Scratch more info

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