Microsoft
March 15, 2010 by BPELworld.com
Product Description
This book will therefore serve as both an introductory title and an in-depth reference that will grow with the reader as they begin to create their own Web Services. They will come to understand what Web Services are, where they fit into the ‘big picture’ and will have many coding examples to choose from within the first five chapters. As they begin to “get serious” about developing enterprise level Web Services, they will be able to refer back to the detailed information about the classes that implement Web Services and come to a deeper understanding of what is happening behind the scenes.
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Very easy to read, good all-around range of information regarding .net Web services. I am glad I picked this book up because it pertains specifically to web services in the new .NET environment.
Rating: 4 / 5
It is very well structured. Organization of the chapters and subsections in each chapter is very well designed and extremely pleasant to follow. Sentences are succinct and straightforward to the point. Excellent code examples are given. Every technical book should be written in this style, in my opinion. This book is one of the best books that I have ever read among many technical books, regardless of the subject.
Rating: 5 / 5
I recently needed to quickly get “up to speed” on creating and using web services with ASP.NET. Although I was already very familiar with XML, SOAP, WSDL, etc., I found the explanations of how web services work to be very useful and understandable.
I also found that the sample code enabled me to easily create my own web services using ASP.NET. I appreciated that both VB and C# were included in the examples and discussions.
Overall, I found this to be a very practical, as well as understandable, introduction to ASP.NET and web services.
Rating: 4 / 5
Finally, a book on .NET that the beginner can pick up and read without bewilderingly scratching his head. Robert’s writing style is clear, consise, and really explains what’s going on without droning on about complex, off-topic ‘behind-the-scenes’ code that’s best left to the reference books.
As a budding C# programmer, I truly appreciate all the bi-lingual code Robert took pains in creating. These days, books typically pic one language and stick to it. The VB and C# folks certainly are treated equally here. And considering some of his content, I’d have a hard time in places if I were forced to convert VB into my own C#.
It’s very well laid-out, the grammar and word choice is excellent, and is virtually never off-topic. It’s obvoius to me that the intended audience is always kept in mind and the treatment is thorough enough that it can take a beginner from knowing very little about .NET to writing web services and clients along with describing the various technologies behind the .NET initiatives.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this book used for $2.00 right here on Amazon and I must say that it’s well worth that price.
This is great introductory material on .NET Web Services. Robert Tabor (the author) does a pretty decent job of breathing a little life into his writing, making it seem like an actual person wrote the book. Some dry humor is peppered about and sometimes his choice of words might seem odd… but that’s much better then the common super dry college textbook style writing you often find in other technical books.
Robert does a good job of explaining everything behind the scenes of .NET Web Services. You will get a pretty detailed explanation of how SOAP, XML, WSDL, UDDI and DISCO work together to make Web Services possible. He doesn’t dive too deep into advanced Web Service topics (such as security), but none-the-less
this is great material if you are new to the whole conecept.
There are better books on Web Services for sure, but if you can find this one for $2.00 used then I highly recommend picking it up, again especially if you are unfamiliar with the whole Web Service idea.
Rating: 4 / 5