.NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation with .NET

Author: Keith Ballinger List Price: $49.99 Our Price: Click to see the latest and low price ISBN: 0321113594 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co (12 February, 2003) Edition: Paperback Sales Rank: 12,174 Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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This book was published in 2003 (some specs from April 2003 are mentioned to confirm that), but it reads more like a 2001-2002 book. I was really looking for some information about how and when to use WSE instead of standard ASMX. Unlike most ... books I own, this book really needed more technical editing and some better graphics (check out figure 3.3 for a chuckle). Lastly, the website for this book contains no useful information and is often unavailable. I expected more from ... Keith Ballinger.

This is an Architecture and Implementation book not an Applied book, so don't expect detailed practical examples, that give you the details of a new widget to use in your next project. The examples provide a good look at the nuts and bolts of the various aspects that the author covers, but that's about all. The author does a good job of providing a comprehensive view of the technology. About the only thing I can say bad about the book is that the white cover gets dirty way too fast.
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The thing about this book that is so compelling is that you really get into building web services and consuming them, and its done in a way that is very practical and useful.

There's the standard explanation of the things, but he never gets all into the hype at the expense of content.

I think it's geared toward people with a basic understanding of web services, but even if you don't have that, if you walk through his examples, you'll get there quickly.

I will definitely buy anything else that he puts out. He's a great writer and communicator.

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