[dba-VB] wcf reading

I just ordered the latest from Amazon and it will be here in time for some light Christmas reading.  ;)

Now to install VS 2010.

I actually need to learn this stuff.  Up to this point all of my clients were location centric and 
everything happened over an internal network which lessened the need to go here.  But services over 
the internet is the future.  The nice thing about WCF is that you can do WWW and TCP endpoints in 
the same class which makes it possible to use the same system (and possible even application) for 
internal or external client applications.

It is fascinating stuff and may allow me to get around needing to have share rights and the likes 
for everything.  I do a lot of stuff like "save a CSV file to a shared directory", then have a 
program import the stuff into SQL server etc.  As I create servers and stuff, setting up rights to 
shares is a pita.  A service could get around all of that.  Maybe.

It's a brave new world.

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
> www.mattysconsulting.com
> 585-300-0181
>
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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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