.NET Web Services Solutions (PDF)

.NET Web Services Solutions offers just what its title states:practical solutions to the real challenges you face as you use .NETto create applications that communicate with web services and--moreto the point--to build and deploy web services of your own. By thetime you're done, you'll understand how the web services platformworks, because chapter by chapter you get all the hands-oninstruction, detailed examples, and inside advice you need to makeyour project succeed.For example, you'll learn to connect to a database using ADO.NEToperations, carry out the exchange of binary files, and extend thereach of your web service so that it touches e-mail, fax machines,mobile devices, and remote PCs. You'll master techniques for makingyour web service available to other programs--but you'll alsodiscover ways to control its availability through authenticationand encryption.Kris Jamsa's expert coverage goes above and beyond, providingadvanced optimization tips, including instructions for implementingasynchronous operations. He also shows you a neat trick for callinga web service from within an HTML page using JavaScript. Want aneven neater trick? Check out the section on making money with yourweb service, where you'll find a billing model that will work foryou. The final chapter brings it all together, walking you througha cohesive, highly functional example of an employment web service.