Product Description

XML web services are the hottest new thing in distributed computing. They allow complex data to be sent over a network or over the Internet using the standard HTTP protocol. The SOAP standard, on which XML web services are based, allows method calls to be made and data returned over the network. The idea is simple, but the effect is revolutionary - data can be exposed in a standard format that any client, on any platform, can recognize. Because SOAP is based on XML (a text format), literally any machine that can host a web server can also host web services. And any machine that can access the network or the Internet can consume those services.

Perhaps the most exciting feature of Microsoft's new .NET platform is the ease with which web services and web service clients can be built. Anyone who wants to take full advantage of this platform needs to understand and be able to build web services. "Beginning Web Services with Visual Basic .NET" provides an easy-to-follow but comprehensive tutorial guide to web services in the .NET Framework. The emphasis is placed squarely on code that you can reuse in your own services, not on "Hello world" examples.

The book covers:

Web service basic concepts - what web services are, when to use them, and how they can revolutionize your applications

Web service protocols - XML, SOAP, and WSDL

Building web services and web service clients using the .NET Framework

Exposing data through web services

Building real-world web services

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2022109 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Book Info
Fills a market need for alternative Windows development coverage, and provides a faster paced more tutorial style treatment for people who have prior experience with .NET and C# and don't need a reiteration of what they already know. Softcover.

From the Publisher
This book is designed for programmers who are competent in the VB.NET language, but still finding their feet in the wider .NET Framework, taking the reader from the very basics right to the complexities of deploying web services in the real world. We demonstrate the time-saving features provided by Visual Studio .NET, but we also show how to build all examples from the command line, so you don't need expensive software to make the most of this book.