Professional ASP.NET Web Services

This book will show you how to create high-quality Web Services using ASP.NET. It describes the standards that are core to the Web Services architecture and examines how these standards are integrated into ASP.NET. The processes involved in building and consuming Web Services are discussed along with in-depth code examples. The book concludes with three case studies, each examining a different application of Web Services, and presenting a complete solution.

This book covers:

* Building and consuming Web Services in ASP.NET
* Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
* Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
* Discovering Web Services with UDDI
* Exposing data sources through Web Services
* Performance techniques
* Securing Web Services
* Transactional Web Services
* .NET My Services (Hailstorm)

The code in this book is presented in C#. Full Visual Basic .NET versions of all code samples and case studies are available along with C# downloads on the Wrox website.

Andreas Eide has been working as a developer and software architect for the past eight years. He is an MCSD, MCT, and is also MSDN Regional Director and a regular speaker at seminars and conferences. You can contact Andreas at andreas.eide@objectware.no

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Currently, Bill Sempf is a Senior Consultant at Paros Business Partners, and owner of Products Of Innovative New Technology. He has written several articles on COM, COM+ and .Net technologies for TechRepublic, Internet.com and Inside Web Development Journal. Bill can be reached at bill@sempf.net.

Srinivasa Sivakumar is a software consultant, developer, and writer. He specializes in Web and Mobile technologies using Microsoft solutions. He currently works in Chicago for TransTech, Inc. He also writes technical articles for ASPToday.com, CSharpToday.com, .NET Developer, etc.

Mike Batongbacal is a technology consultant developing n-tiered systems using Microsoft technologies such as Visual Basic, ASP, COM+, SQL Server and, most recently, the .NET platform. Mike is currently the E-Business Practice Lead for Magenic Technologies.

Matthew Reynolds is an in-house author for Wrox Press writing about and working with virtually all aspects of Microsoft .NET. He's also a regular contributor to Wrox's ASPToday and C#Today, and Web Services Architect. He can be reached on matthewr@wrox.com

Mike Clark is currently working in the UK for Lucin as Senior Analyst.

Brian Loesgen is a Chief Software Architect at Stellcom Inc., a leader in advanced enterprise and mobile solutions. Brian utilizes his XML expertise to translate new, technologies into real-world value. Brian is a frequent speaker at major technical conferences worldwide. He can be reached at bloesgen@msn.com.

Robert Eisenberg is currently an independent consultant specializing in Web Services. In 1999 he was the CEO and cofounder of an eCommerce consulting firm that was acquired by Framfab Inc. He has written for DevX and spoken on .NET at Microsoft and at local user groups.

Brandon Bohling is a software engineer for Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been developing ASP-based web sites since its creation. He has fully embraced the .NET technologies and is devoted to spreading his knowledge.

Russ Basiura is an independent consultant and founder of RJB Technical Consulting, Inc.Russ specializes in the design and development of integration solutions that enable business partners to exchange confidential information. Russ can be contacted at russ@rjbtech.com.