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Programming WCF Services | 
| Author: Juval Lowy
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 634
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 0596526997
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780596526993
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Product Description
Written by Microsoft software legend Juval Lowy, "Programming WCF Services" is the authoritative introduction to Microsoft's new, and some say revolutionary, unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. Relentlessly practical, the book delivers insight, not documentation, to teach developers what they need to know to build the next generation of SOAs. After explaining the advantages of service-orientation for application design and teaching the basics of how to develop SOAs using WCF, the book shows how you can take advantage of built-in features such as service hosting, instance management, asynchronous calls, synchronization, reliability, transaction management, disconnected queued calls and security to build best in class applications. "Programming WCF Services" focuses on the rationale behind particular design decisions, often shedding light on poorly-documented and little-understood aspects of SOA development. Developers and architects will learn not only the "how" of WCF programming, but also relevant design guidelines, best practices, and pitfalls. Original techniques and utilities provided by the author throughout the book go well beyond anything that can be found in conventional sources. Based on experience and insight gained while taking part in the strategic design of WCF and working with the team that implemented it, "Programming WCF Services" provides experienced working professionals with the definitive work on WCF. Not only will this book make you a WCF expert, it will make you a better software engineer. It's the Rosetta Stone of WCF.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 Excellent WCF Book January 1, 2009
Overall this is an excellent book on WCF. It starts with the basics and works you through some of the more advanced books. It goes into great detail in each case. The examples are straightforward and the explanatory text is concise. I began reading this book with only a basic familiarity with the subject and no commerical experience with WCF. I left with a very good understanding of WCF and how I can now use it.
The sheer size of this book makes it impossible to read in a couple of days. This might scare away potential buyers. I'd like to think of this book as a WCF reference guide as much as a tutorial. Thus you don't really need to read the book cover to cover unless you want to.
The only real downside I found to this book was the fact that it jumped straight into the architecture and justifications for WCF without providing a simple Hello World example from which to get our feet wet. Within the very first chapter I was reading about service and data contracts and how they work and yet I hadn't even written one yet. I believe the book could have started off a little better if a simple Hello World was given so that I could at least compare that to the text as I read along.
Another minor complaint I had is with the chapter lengths. Each chapter is approximately 70-80 pages long. If there were a lot of pictures or sidebars then this would be fine but this is bulk reading. I like to read on chapter boundaries so 70 pages is a huge time sink. I think many of the topics in the book could have been broken up into several related chapters rather than stuffing them all into one. It would have made reading the book a little easier.
Overall this is a must have book for anyone wanting to learn and use WCF. It should have the answers to most questions that might come up.
 The Merilvingian of WCF December 24, 2008
This book provides a thorough understanding of WCF and its many parts. I learned a ton in the first chapter alone. The subsequent chapters go into detail about the different pieces mentioned in the first chapter. If you have to know this technology (WCF) get this book. Don't wait just get it. It will take you forever to finish it (700+ pages), so get started ASAP before MS comes out with the next version of it. I met the author at Dev connections is Vegas. The guy thinks (and talks) so quickly after hearing him talk you want to steal his brain. Juval Lowy is the Merilvingian of WCF.
A great read for developers with a basic understanding of wcf September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is pretty comprehensive. I started learning WCF with the 15-part web series provided by Mrs. Bustamante that accompanies her book. Learning WCF: A Hands-on Guide
I highly recommend her read if you are getting started. However, if you have some familiarity with WCF - this one will take you further. It has plenty of easy-to-understand code samples and a wonderful best practice section near the index. I have been able to incorporate things in this book with business - and that is what really counts.
 Dont expect much August 25, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Writing is art like programming or painting, not every one can be a writer, I cant be a writer, but i know that about myself.
Being technically competent and knowlagable about something does not
nesserarily means you can now go and write a book about it.
The author is a failure when it comes to writing specially technical
books.
a good book writer is for example "Jon Skeet" other writers should take
a look at his style.
Another great one from Juval April 10, 2008
I've been a fan of Juval ever since I took an al-day seminar with him at DevConnections a few years ago. He's a great teach and a great writer. However, he is not for beginners.
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