Part of Microsofts radical new WinFX API is the Indigo foundation, more formally known as the Windows Communication Foundation, or WCF. Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to WCF from the SOA architecture perspective and shows you why WCF is important to web service development and architecture.
The book covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, the peer-to-peer programming model, and more. Youll also learn how to move your current DCOM and .NET remoting applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with new WCF-based applications. Youll want to get ahold of a copy because it
- Contains a comprehensive WCF programming model
- Explains how queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF
- Discusses implementing transaction support in WCF
- Shows how to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
- Thoroughly covers WCF security topics and concerns
About the AuthorAmit Bahree is a solution architect with Avanade and has over 14 years of experience in IT, developing and designing mission-critical systems. His background is a mixture of product development, embedded systems, and custom solutions across both public and private sectors. He has experience in a wide range of industry verticals ranging from financial services to utilities to insurance and has implemented solutions for many Fortune 100 companies. For Amit, computers is a passion first, a hobby second, and a career third, and he is glad he gets paid to do what he loves the most. He can be contacted via his blog at www.desigeek.com. Shawn Cicoria is a consultant with Avanade and lives with his family in Denville, New Jersey. He has MBAs in finance and information systems, and a BA in economics. Shawn is also a MCT training instructor with SetFocus, located in Parsippany, New Jersey. He has been working in systems for nearly 20 years, mostly in financial services (even working with punchcards). Shawn has worked on many platforms including VMS, UNIX variants, and, for most of the past decade, Microsoft Windows. Shawn has concentrating on distributed technologies such as COM[+], J2EE, and, for the past 5 years, .NET, SOAP, BizTalk, and database technologies&emdash;and now WinFX, using them to create capital market solutions that serve the needs of business on time and on budget. Dennis Mulder started his career in 1997, choosing to dedicate himself to Microsoft technology. As an early adopter of Microsoft technology, Dennis has kept pace with certification challenges and succeeded in getting several certifications. In August 2004, he started work with Avanade, a Microsoft and Accenture joint venture.
