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Title: Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5 (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
ISBN: 0321440064
Author:
Steve Resnick
Richard Crane
Chris Bowen
Publicate Date: 2008-02-21
Publish: 2008-02-21
List Price: $49.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Remarkable
This book is remarkably an excellent tool for developers who want to expand his understanding in WCF programming.It provides both concepts and practical cases you can use and enforce your knowledge. Great jobs. I strongly recommend to read it.
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2: Clear and to the point... Easy to read and comprehend
Really enjoyed reading the Essential WCF book by Resnick and et.al. The topics were well organized and explained the concepts well enough. This book will definitely get you started on the route with WCF.
Due to a project committment, I had a four month break in coming back to this, but it was well worth it.
Good examples, overall, although I didn't code them one by one, but it was clear and concise to follow the plain code. The intentions are there. Does a very fine job of with many configurations available with the WCF.
I am also reading Juval Lowy's in addition to get more in depth as I am getting ready for the 70-503 MS test. Thanks, guys!
Baskin
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3: Excellent for newcomers or experienced WCF developers
This book's very well written and does a great job of explaining a lot of the features around WCF. I like their approach to topics, starting out with basics and evolving from there. For example, right off the bat they do a solid job of showing a service hosted entirely in code, then do a comparable service hosted in IIS. All differences are clearly laid out with some good rationale for either implementation.
This same approach continues through the book, which is something I'm always appreciative about: give me options with clear explanations of why they'd apply, then let me choose which one fits for my environment. The authors even lay out a number of tables throughout the book showing options and alternatives - like the supported features of bindings table in chapter 4.
It's a solid book for newcomers to WCF or experienced folks looking to brush up on the deltas as WCF moves to .NET 3.5.
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4: Simply the best
I already own a couple of books on WCF - but none of them seemed to cover important (and advanced) topics such as serializers and bindings in-depth. But this book does, and it does it in a way that is both thorough and smart.
Sometimes it can be hard to make the right choice of components, but luckily, this book comes with a lot of useful and great comparison matrix' on different subject, which makes decisioning really easy.
All in all, this is one of the best book on WCF, but for me, this stands out to be the best. Highly recommended.
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5: Very good and valuable resource
The book covers all aspects of WCF in a clear and concise way. Even for people with a lot of experience or architectects who want to get an overview of WCF this is a real valuable resource.
It has a nice writing style so you can even enjoy it a bit later or with a glass of wine...
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