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Summary: Excellent Insight
Review: This book is a must have if your are just getting you feet wet with .NET Web Services. It also provides great insight into interop and the direction of Web Services and the technology that makes it possible. The authors insight is helpful in navigating the domain and helps with insightful suggestions on how to avoid some of the pitfalls of implementing Web Services.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Insight
Review: This book is a must have if your are just getting you feet wet with .NET Web Services. It also provides great insight into interop and the direction of Web Services and the technology that makes it possible. The authors insight is helpful in navigating the domain and helps with insightful suggestions on how to avoid some of the pitfalls of implementing Web Services.
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Summary: Easy to read, good interoperability information
Review: This is an easy book to read. The technical details were great. I learned a lot that I can apply to my work. The last chapter had tips on interoperability with other Web service platforms like Java that seem valuable.
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Summary: By far the best book on web services and .NET
Review: This is the best book I have read on Web Services using .NETThis is definitely for those who are at begineer to intermediate stage. The languages is simple, the examples are concise and to the point. There are so many features in .NET it would be literally impossible to conver in one Book. But this book does the best at doing just that. I have just completed a project using web services and now after reading this book, I have few ideas to go back and improve the service right from designing to performance. Can't ask more from reading a book :-).
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Summary: Web Services made easy
Review: Too many books talk about web services and spend more time on hype and nonsense then showing you how to build and use them. This book however, does not have that shortcoming. The thing about this book that is so compelling is that you really get into building web services and consuming them, and its done in a way that is very practical and useful. There's the standard explanation of the things, but he never gets all into the hype at the expense of content. I think it's geared toward people with a basic understanding of web services, but even if you don't have that, if you walk through his examples, you'll get there quickly. I will definitely buy anything else that he puts out. He's a great writer and communicator.
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Summary: Web Services made easy
Review: Too many books talk about web services and spend more time on hype and nonsense then showing you how to build and use them. This book however, does not have that shortcoming. The thing about this book that is so compelling is that you really get into building web services and consuming them, and its done in a way that is very practical and useful. There's the standard explanation of the things, but he never gets all into the hype at the expense of content. I think it's geared toward people with a basic understanding of web services, but even if you don't have that, if you walk through his examples, you'll get there quickly. I will definitely buy anything else that he puts out. He's a great writer and communicator.
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