Building web services with Visual Basic.Net

Web services form the cornerstone of the .NET architecture, and will play a pivotal role in the future of Web development. In essence, a Web service is a piece of programming logic with properties and methods that have been exposed to the Web. Developers can utilize this functionality in their own applications via standardized protocols such as HTTP, SOAP, and XML. This use of standards is extremely important, since it makes Web services consumable by an Web-aware language that understands SOAP and XML. Web services will be heavily used to provide ""black box"" functionality to applications for such tasks as notification services, messaging, and data services. Carsten Thomsen's Building Web Services with Visual Basic .NET covers the above, and more! Thomsen will teach readers the basics of building and understanding XML Web services, as well as how they can be built from the ground up and how to make them secure. Developers can use this book as a reference guide once they get up to speed on developing XML Web services with Visual Basic .NET. Everything readers need to know from creating XML Web services, to deployment, transactions, versioning, and security are covered. Thomsen also includes a protocol reference section with appendices that cover HTTP, SOAO, XML, WSDL, and UDDI."

1. Introducing Web Services.-- Introducing VB .NET Web Services.-- How to Build Your First Web Service.-- Taking a Closer Look at the System.Web.Services Namespace.-- Managing the Details in the Application Root Directory Configuration File (Web. config).-- Deploying a Web Service.-- Requesting a Web Service.-- Tips for Debugging and (Stress) Testing a Web Service.-- Creating Secure Web Services.-- Using Transactions with Web Services.-- Finishing Up the Web Services Examples.- Appendix A: Looking at the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).- Appendix B: Defining the Extensible Markup Language (XML).- Appendix C: Understanding the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).- Appendix D: Defining the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).- Appendix E: Defining the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Specification.