Creating and Consuming Web Services in Visual Basic - Softcover

Scott Seely; Deon Schaffer; Eric A. Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672321564 ISBN 13: 9780672321566

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2002

Synopsis

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to create Web services using Visual Basic, explanations on how to create applications that consume Web services, and a variety of helpful Visual Basic tools and techniques for developers, covering security, availability, maintenance, troubleshooting, and processing issues. Original. (Advanced)

About this title

About the Author

Scott Seely works for Microsoft as a part of the MSDN Architectural Samples team. Within that group, Scott and his team members develop samples and articles on XML Web Services and other technologies covering the coding as well as the architectural issues developers encounter. Scott is also the author of SOAP: Cross Platform Web Service Development Using XML (Prentice Hall PTR).

Eric A. Smith works as an independent consultant, author, and trainer in the Indianapolis area. He is also the owner of Northstar Computer Systems (www.northcomp.com), a value-added reseller and Web hosting company. His company was one of the first to offer commercial .NET hosting services to its clients.

Eric has written or contributed to 12 books covering Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET at Work: 10 Enterprise Projects (Wiley).

Deon Schaffer has been developing with Visual Basic and other Microsoft technologies for more than seven years. Over the past few years, Deon's focus has been on designing and developing Windows DNA applications. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and has a degree in information systems engineering. Deon is a senior consultant at Information Strategies in Washington, DC.

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From the Back Cover

Get on the fast track of what is becoming a required skill for software developers--the ability to create Web Services and clients that consume them. Web Services leverage standards such as XML, XSD, SOAP, and WSDL to enable interoperability across programming languages and platforms. They work well to integrate applications on an intranet and on the Internet. Visual Basic .NET, coupled with the .NET Framework, is an attractive environment for Web Services architecture because it provides for rapid development and easy maintenance.

This book explains each of the standard protocols needed for Web Service interaction on the client or server. These protocols include SOAP, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI).

Creating and Consuming Web Services in Visual Basic^® also includes

• Information on how to shape SOAP messages and the data they contain
• Explanations of how to create applications that consume Web Services
• Detailed case studies that explore how to use Web Services to help solve real-world B2B and B2C problems
• Thorough coverage of development concerns such as security and availability
• Instructions for how to create and consume Web services in earlier versions of VB and convert legacy applications to a Web Services platform

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672321564
• ISBN 13: 9780672321566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408