Pro WCF 4: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation

by Nishith Pathak

Pro WCF 4.0: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation from the service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective, showing you why WCF is important to service-oriented architecture and development. This book provides deep insight into the functionality of WCF, which shipped with .NET 4.0-like service discovery, routing service, simplified configuration, and other advanced features. Included in this title are informative examples that will aid the reader in understanding and implementing these important additions. This book also covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, and the peer-to-peer programming model. You'll also learn how to move your current .NET remoting and web service applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and .NET 4.0.

491 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2011

Reviews

[Matt Hartzell · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I picked up the professional edition of this book, I expected in-depth explanations of WCF. I did not really get that. This book is more targeted at developers who have been active in the SAAS space and are transitioning from historical tools such as ASP.NET web services. I have not had any exposure to service-oriented architecture, so I had a lot more catch up to do.

That being said, there is a whole lot of useful information in the text. WCF is pretty close to the actual networking layers, so having a background in such topics will be helpful to you as you learn WCF.