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Product Description Getting a bunch of computers to talk to each other used to be tougher than getting a straight answer from a politician in an election year. .NET web services fixes that. A unique combination of technologies, the .NET platform for the first time makes distributed computing language independent, platform independent, and device independent. Which is a pretty big deal when you consider that applications built and run on the .NET platform are available any time, any place, and on any device—in other words, .NET equals total connectivity. It also means that developers for the Internet and intranets can now use Web services to include all kinds of amazing functionalities in a new program without having to reinvent the wheel and without needing to know anything about the business or complexity of the Web service he or she is using. Ready to join the .NET Web services revolution? Then this book is for you. Written by bestselling computer book author Anthony Mann, it puts you on the fast track to developing amazing .NET Web serv ices. Here’s you chance to: - Discover XML and SOAP
- Master the .NET Framework and .NET server
- Create, test and debug Web services using Visual Studio .NET
- Implement your Web services throughout an organization or on the Internet
- Secure your Web services
- Find and consume Web services that were written by other developers
Written in an accessible, easy-to-read format, supplemented with dozens of screen shots and highlighted tips and shortcuts, .NET Web Services For Dummies covers all the bases for beginners and intermediate .NET users alike. Important topics covered include: - How Web services can benefit your organization
- Using the .NET framework, .NET server, Visual Studio .NET, and all the tools and technologies on the .NET platform
- Designing, building, testing and deploying Web services
- Migrating from other technologies
Your total guide to bridging the digital communications gap .NET Web Services For Dummies gets you up and running in no time with the knowledge and skills you need to develop sophisticated Web service applications on the Microsoft platform.
Featured Customer Reviews  Pointless,
April 03, 2005
What would have been the most useful parts of the book testing, deploying web services were marred by a complete dependence on VS .Net which I don't have.
I find this book has absolutely nothing to recommend it and am glad I didn't spend any money on it.Fair,
March 07, 2005 I got this book hoping it would help me figure out how to connect to and use a web service. I was new to asp.net and of course web services. My only previous knowledge of web services came from searches on the internet.
When I got this book I skipped everything and thumbed to Chapter 9 on consuming web services where I was able to see a useful and simplified list of steps to follow in Visual Studio that helped me to successfully use the web service.
Although the book describes ways to create and consume web services without using Visual Studio, I used it as a reference for use with Visual Studio. I was specifically having trouble figuring out how to include the web service in my Visual Studio project so I could reference the web service's methods. This book, through the simple list of steps (and helpful definitions of the steps themselves), helped me add the web reference to my project and use the web service's methods in my program. That was what I really needed.Very Disappointing,
August 10, 2004 This book offers no step by step lessons which is to say the least VERY FRUSTRATING when you are learning a new technology. There are bits and pieces throughout this book that are nice to know but are absolutely useless when you cant apply them to a real world scenerio. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. Just the right level for non .netters,
June 26, 2004I have a background in programming including some web development 4 years ago (prior to .net). Yet I found the book very informative and am thankful I got over my 'a dummy book is not for me' attitude. For example, the author did a history of COM, DCOM, COM+ in nutshell that really helped explain the problems web services solved. The book goes into web services development in enough detail to get you started coding. For serious development you would want a more detailed reference but this is a great starting point. The author has demonstrated an excellent grasp of the web development landscape and put it all together in a cohesive fashion. If you want to find out what the .net furor is all about I highly recommend this author. Great!!,
March 20, 2004 Despite the previous reviewer's assertion that this book is too advanced for the "dummies" line, I am sure that if you read this book *closely* all of your basic questions would be answered. I actually think the author did an amazing job of incorporating and summarizing much of what seems like an insurmountable topic,.NET, XML and Web Services, in one book.Kudos to the author. I highly recommend this book for .NET overview and intro to web services. It will even have you constructing, debugging and deploying them in no time.
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