Professional ASP.NET Web Services with VB.NET (ISBN 1861007752)

Book Description:
Please note this is a VB.NET version of our existing book Professional ASP.NET Web Services ISBN 1-86100-545-8 This book will show you how to create high quality Web Services using ASP.NET. It describes the standards that are core to the Web Services architecture and examines how these standards are integrated into ASP.NET. The processes involved in building and consuming Web Services are discussed along with in-depth code examples. The book concludes with three case studies, each examining a different application of Web Services, and presenting a complete solution. XML-based Web Services are seen by many as the next big step in the progress of distributed computing. Promotion by a range of companies across the computing industry is creating a lot of interest in this emerging set of technologies and standards. Microsoft is one of the leading advocates, building support for Web Services into ASP.NET. This book covers: - Building and consuming Web Services in ASP.NET - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) - Web Services Description Language (WSDL) - Discovering Web Services with UDDI - Exposing data sources through Web Services - Performance techniques - Securing Web Services - Transactional Web Services - .NET My Services (Hailstorm)

now in VB.NET - and for version 1:
I reviewed the orginal version of this book which was in C#. I've been lucky enought ot get my hands on the new VB.NET edition and it is even better than the original. I am more used to VB as it is, and I spent quite a lot of time translating some of the code snippets in the original, but now I don't have to! The book has changed a bit, it looks better than the first edition, and it is now completely 1.0 compliant. I've used the first book a lot, it's told me more or less everything I've needed to know. If you need to know about web services and you prefer VB then this is the only book you'll need!

Download Code for this book:
Since the book has moved to Apres, the link to download the code for the book has moved to http://support.apress.com/books.asp?s=0 & bID=1861007752

Somewhat outdated, but otherwise worthwhile:
I'm always hesitant buying books written by multiple authors. I often find the writing annoyingly inconsistent and the overall structure lacking in cohesiveness. I'm happy to report that this book does not suffer from these conditions. It is a pretty smooth read and provides some insight into the ASP.NET world not provided by standard MSDN documentation. I realize this book is quite old at this stage, but for those still working in that environment it is still worth considering. Overall, I had few complaints with the book. Let's hope a second edition will be made available with .NET 2.0.