Learn frameworks and technologies used to build, scale, and fine tune highly available e-business applications.

This book will therefore serve as both an introductory title and an in-depth reference that will grow with the reader as they begin to create their own Web Services. They will come to understand what Web Services are, where they fit into the 'big picture' and will have many coding examples to choose from within the first five chapters. As they begin to "get serious" about developing enterprise level Web Services, they will be able to refer back to the detailed information about the classes that implement Web Services and come to a deeper understanding of what is happening behind the scenes.

Special Edition Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers helps readers understand each of the ten .NET Enterprise Servers from a design and operation standpoint. This book provides readers with the information necessary to architect a complete solution, using real-world examples to show how each of the different servers fits an organization's needs. The book goes beyond mere planning and architecture, and helps managers and administrators understand the core day-to-day administrative requirements of each server. Essentially, this book is designed to cover the portions of these products that are used every day, effectively making it ten small books in one.

Visual Basic .NET will integrate state of the art programming language features, including inheritance, polymorphism, and garbage collection. The book will explain these key concepts in a simple and practical way. Web Forms and Web Controls usher in an elegant way to make dynamic web pages. The book will cover these topics with how-to code examples and projects. One of the newest developments in Internet programming is the use of XML and the SOAP communication protocol. .NET Web Services harness these two technologies, and will be covered in some of the later sections of the book.

.NET Kick Start is the book for developers interested in making the jump to .NET, working programmers already familiar with another programming language or the previous version of Visual Studio. .NET Kick Start speeds through basic concepts and focuses on practical examples and benefits of moving to .NET. The book includes explanations of the .NET Framework, the Visual Studio programming tools, Web Services, mobile .NET, security, enterprise servers, and how to migrate from Visual Studio 6 and COM. Full of code examples, tips and professional insights, this book provides maximum learning with minimum investment of time and effort.

Make the jump to distributed application programming using the .NET Framework--and introduce a new level of performance, scalability, and security to your network and enterprise applications. Expert .NET developer Matthew MacDonald shares proven techniques for fully exploiting .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and other .NET technologies and integrating them into your real-world solutions. MacDonald digs into key .NET building blocks and architectural issues, explaining which features and designs will best serve your customized distributed application projects--and when to use them. Case studies with full code examples illustrate these practical techniques in action, as well as demonstrating their benefits and tradeoffs. Learn how to: Cross application boundaries with .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and Message Queuing Create responsive clients and scalable servers with multithreading Model your distributed application with interfaces, facades, and factories Use COM+ services such as object pooling, JIT activation, and transactions Craft a data transfer plan with Microsoft ADO.NET--without concurrency errors Help secure your code end to end--from the transport level to the presentation tier Learn ways to avert--or unclog--performance bottlenecks in your applications Automate deployment using self-updating applications and XML Web services Master stateless programming and other best practices for distributed applications

Pure ASP.NET is a premium reference for Active Server Pages development in the new Microsoft .NET Framework. Like all books in the Pure Series, Pure Active Server Pages.NET is comprised of 3 parts. Part I Conceptual Reference is a fast-paced primer that covers ASP.NET fundamentals and concepts. Part II Techniques Reference is full of well-commented, commercial-quality code that illustrates practical applications of ASP.NET concepts. Examples are presented in both Visual Basic and C# to appeal to a wide variety of programmers. Part III Syntax and Object Reference contains detailed coverage of .NET Namespaces such as System.Web and System.Data that are invaluable to ASP.NET developers.