[dba-VB] wcf reading

Ahhh...  time to order up I guess.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 12/22/2010 9:35 AM, Michael Mattys wrote:
> John,
>
> I am reading Windows Communication Foundation 4 Step By Step by John Sharp
> I thought that what was you were reading; it is for VS 2010.
>
> Michael R Mattys
> Business Process Developers
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>
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> ATM my main book for studying the WCF is WCF Step By Step.  I am having an
> issue with the fact that the book was written for VS 2005 and I am using VS
> 2008 and will likely move to 2010 soon.  The biggest difference is the XML
> config tool is apparently different.  In 2005 it was a tree which somewhat
> directly models the XML file itself.  In 2008 it is a wizard which does not.
> Very different, completely disconnects the mind from the XML behind the
> scenes.
>
> And boy is WCF dense!  The nice thing is that it is pretty high abstraction
> level and the code is mostly written.  Basically you are just configuring
> existing classes utilizing either XML config files or directly
> programmatically by setting properties.
>
> What this means is that you really can concentrate on your own classes -
> AFTER you learn what all of the WCF classes are and what their properties
> do.
>
> I learned long ago that I need to read something three times to "get it".
> So I am facing 15 chapters X 3 to "get" WCF, but the up side is that WCF
> appears to be a really powerful paradigm.
>
> Chapter 2 intimated that my service class could directly create
> communications channels via HTTPS (no IIS required) and ended by creating a
> service that starts when windows starts and provides the service to the
> application (though using named pipes).  Pretty cool!
>
> Miles to go before I sleep.
>
> And I am looking for a highly recommended (preferably by someone on this
> list?) book about WCF but written using VS 2008 or even 2010.
>
> --
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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