A guide to architecting, designing, and building distributed applications with Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation is the .NET technology that is used to build service-oriented applications, exchange messages in various communication scenarios, and run workflows. This guide enables developers to create state-of-the-art applications using this technology.
Written by a team of Microsoft MVPs and WCF experts, this book explains how the pieces of WCF 4.0 build on each other to provide a comprehensive framework to support distributed enterprise applications. Experienced developers will learn both theory and practical application using the familiar Wrox approach.
.NET developers will learn to design services, create a hosting environment with Dublin, build cloud-based integrations, and much more.
Coverage Includes:
* Design Principles and Patterns
* Service Contracts and Data Contracts
* Bindings
* Clients
* Instancing
* Workflow Services
* Understanding WCF Security
* WCF Security in Action
* Federated Authentication in WCF
* Windows Azure Platform AppFabric
* Creating a SOA Case
* Creating the Communication and Integration Case
* Creating the Business Process
* Hosting