.NET Web Services Solutions

.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.