.NET Web Services Solutions
.NET Web Services Solutions
ISBN: 0782141722
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 161
Pages: 161
Authors: Kris Jamsa
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- .NET Web Services Solutions
- Introduction: Why Web Services Will Drive the Growth of the Web
- Where .NET Comes into Play
- What You Are Going to Learn
- Part I: Laying the Foundation
- Chapter 1: Taking Web Services for a Test Drive
- What s a Web Service?
- Understanding Operations That Are Well Suited for Web Services
- Retrieving Weather Information
- Using a Web Service 101
- Retrieving Stock Quotes
- Retrieving Book Information
- Retrieving Caller-ID Information
- Retrieving Traffic Information
- Retrieving Airport Information
- Where to Find Web Services on the Web
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Creating Your First Web Services
- Changing the Hello Web Service
- Remembering What Makes a Good Web Service
- Passing Parameters to a Web Service
- Returning a Non-String Value from a Web Service
- Handling Multiple Parameters in a Web Service Method
- Changing Parameter Values within a Web Service Method
- Getting a Feel for Web Service Overhead
- Passing an Array of Values to a Web Service
- Changing Array Values in a Web Service
- Returning an Array of Values from a Web Service Method
- Returning a Structure from a Web Service
- Throwing an Exception within a Web Service
- Calling a Web Service from within a Web Service
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Accessing Web Services from within HTML Pages
- Calling a Web Service
- Handling Web Service Errors
- Using a Web Service As a Proxy
- Using the Google Web Service
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Looking Behind the Scenes at Web Service Protocols
- Understanding the Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
- Thinking About How Visual Studio .NET Uses a WSDL Document
- Understanding the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
- Test Driving Web Services Methods within Your Browser
- Taking a Quick Look at Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI)
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Looking at Key Operations
- Using the Application Object
- Using the Session Object
- Storing and Retrieving Cookie-Based Data
- Revisiting Session Objects
- Using Server Variables
- Removing a Web Service from an Application
- Summary
- Part II: Publishing Your .NET Web Services
- Chapter 6: Making .NET Web Services Available to Others
- Understanding Universal Description Discovery Integration (UDDI)
- Helping Other Programmers Discover Your Web Services
- Understanding the .map File
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Connecting Web Services to Databases
- Becoming Familiar with ADO.NET Operations
- Using a Web Service to Interact with a Database
- Performing Database Operations from within an HTML Page
- Taking a Look at ADO.NET s Behind-the-Scenes Use of XML
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Authenticating Users within .NET Services
- Understanding Basic Authentication
- Understanding Digest Authentication
- Understanding Windows Integrated Authentication
- Understanding Forms Authentication
- Understanding Certificate-Based Authentication
- Providing Username and Password Information from within an Application
- Using the Web.config File to Configure Security Settings
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Securing Communication between a Web Service and a Client
- Understanding the Threat
- Encrypting HTTP Messages Using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Configuring a Web Server to Support Secure SSL-Based Connections
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Extending the Lines of Communication
- Sending an E-Mail Message with .NET
- Using a Web Service to Provide E-Mail Access
- Building an Online Chat Web Service
- Building a Chat Client
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Integrating Binary Data into .NET Web Services
- Returning an Image File from a Web Service
- Providing Multimedia Files Using a Web Service
- Receiving a Binary File Using a Web Service
- Uploading a Binary File to a Web Service
- Summary
- Part III: Advanced Concepts
- Chapter 12: Examining Key Web Service Files
- Taking a Quick Look at a Web Service s Support Files
- Using the AssemblyInfo File to Customize Assembly Settings
- Revisiting a Web Service s .asmx Files
- Using Global.asax to Specify Startup, Termination, and Request Processing
- Using the Web.config File to Customize Application Settings
- Using the .WebInfo File to Move a Web Service
- Using the .vsdisco File to Control a Web Service s Discovery
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Unlocking Remote Access
- Providing Excel and Word Files Using a Web Service
- Making Remote File Access More Flexible
- Helping a Remote User Locate a File on the Server
- Locating and E-Mailing a File
- Allowing a Web Service to Access Files on a User s PC
- Using a Web Service to Coordinate a Shared File s Use
- Summary
- Chapter 14: Improving Web Page Performance
- Understanding the Big Picture (AKA How Programs Use Your Web Service)
- Using Events to Monitor Web Service Operations
- Using Caching to Improve Web Service Performance
- Using Asynchronous Web Services
- Summary
- Chapter 15: Making Money with Web Services
- Preparing the Database
- Offering and Managing User Keys
- Allowing Users to Upgrade a Web Service
- Handling Lost Keys
- Restricting a Web Service to 30 Days Use
- Restricting a Web Service to Specific Hours of the Day
- Restricting the Number of Calls to a Web Service Each Day
- Billing on a Per-Use Basis
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Putting It All Together
- Understanding How the Jobs Web Service Works
- Building the Jobs Web Service
- Retrieving Resumes and Job Opportunities
- Summary
- Index
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Code Listings
- List of Sidebars
.NET Web Services Solutions
ISBN: 0782141722
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 161
Pages: 161
Authors: Kris Jamsa