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Web services and SOA implementations in the NET Framework

• WAPA: What does Microsoft offer now?

  Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform Appliance integrates private, hybrid and public clouds. Continue Reading

• Static methods are a code smell

  Static methods work best as only utility methods. Learn what constitutes a code smell and how to best avoid these potential issues. Continue Reading

• Goin' mobile with Windows

  .NET Framework is a good start if you're interested in targeting the Windows Mobile platform, but you should also be aware of some important resources and caveats. Learn where you can find the necessary software development kits to begin programming... Continue Reading

• Microsoft's Oslo modeling platform, the M language and .NET

  Microsoft's Oslo modeling platform aims to shift development practices away from low-level implementation and toward business' data. The relationship between Oslo and the .NET Framework isn't fully clear yet, but some hints are out. Continue Reading

• Security interoperability with .NET/WSE and WebLogic Workshop 8.1

  In this article, Michele Leroux Bustamante shows how to create interoperable applications in .NET with WSE and WebLogic Workshop using web services that implement the WS-Security specification. In particular, she shows how to use UsernameTokens in a... Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Hands-on Windows Communication Foundation

  This book excerpt discusses the XMLFormatter and XMLSerializer within Windows Communication Foundation.Continue Reading

• A SOA versioning covenant

  Rocky Lhotka challenges the common concept of contract based services for their inflexibility, particularly with regards to service versioning. His idea instead is to create a covenant based on the semantic contract allowing for maximum flexibility ...Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Windows Communication Foundation services

  In Windows Communication Foundation, services receive and process requests from a client. This book excerpt explains how to program service behaviors and set up error handling.Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Windows Communication Foundation clients

  In Windows Communication Foundation, clients invoke the functionality exposed by a Web service. This book explains client architecture and provides examples of client communication patterns.Continue Reading

• Beginning Windows Communication Foundation development, Part 3

  Our latest Windows Communication Foundation tip considers the use of addresses, caching, security and performance monitoring in WCF.Continue Reading

• Need Web services security? Dig into WSE 3.0 for Microsoft .NET

  Web Services Enhancements 3.0 lets developers add digital signatures, policy-driven security and bulk binary data transfers for Web services built atop the .NET Framework.Continue Reading

• Beginning Windows Communication Foundation development, Part 2

  Here we revisit WCF by taking a look at service factories, using Windows Communication Foundation with IIS and setting up queued calls.Continue Reading

• Beginning Windows Communication Foundation development, Part 1

  Windows Communication Foundationbrings loose coupling to distributed system development. Here we look at several recent tips, tutorials and blog posts about WCF best practices.Continue Reading

• /n Software: .NET components galore and deluxe

  Ed Tittel introduces us to /n Software, which offers a plethora of Internet protocol components and Internet business integration tools.Continue Reading

• Customizing VS.NET installation to different drives/partitions

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