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Programming WCF Services |
Author: Juval Lowy
Published: 2007-02-20 |
List price: $44.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Excellent WCF Book
Overall this is an excellent book on WCF. It starts with the basics and works you through some of the more advanced books. It goes into great detail in each case. The examples are straightforward and the explanatory text is concise. I began reading this book with only a basic familiarity with the subject and no commerical experience with WCF. I left with a very good understanding of WCF and how I can now use it.
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br /The sheer size of this book makes it impossible to read in a couple of days. This might scare away potential buyers. I'd like to think of this book as a WCF reference guide as much as a tutorial. Thus you don't really need to read the book cover to cover unless you want to.
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br /The only real downside I found to this book was the fact that it jumped straight into the architecture and justifications for WCF without providing a simple Hello World example from which to get our feet wet. Within the very first chapter I was reading about service and data contracts and how they work and yet I hadn't even written one yet. I believe the book could have started off a little better if a simple Hello World was given so that I could at least compare that to the text as I read along.
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br /Another minor complaint I had is with the chapter lengths. Each chapter is approximately 70-80 pages long. If there were a lot of pictures or sidebars then this would be fine but this is bulk reading. I like to read on chapter boundaries so 70 pages is a huge time sink. I think many of the topics in the book could have been broken up into several related chapters rather than stuffing them all into one. It would have made reading the book a little easier.
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br /Overall this is a must have book for anyone wanting to learn and use WCF. It should have the answers to most questions that might come up.
 The Merilvingian of WCF
This book provides a thorough understanding of WCF and its many parts. I learned a ton in the first chapter alone. The subsequent chapters go into detail about the different pieces mentioned in the first chapter. If you have to know this technology (WCF) get this book. Don't wait just get it. It will take you forever to finish it (700+ pages), so get started ASAP before MS comes out with the next version of it. I met the author at Dev connections is Vegas. The guy thinks (and talks) so quickly after hearing him talk you want to steal his brain. Juval Lowy is the Merilvingian of WCF.
A great read for developers with a basic understanding of wcf
This book is pretty comprehensive. I started learning WCF with the 15-part web series provided by Mrs. Bustamante that accompanies her book. Learning WCF: A Hands-on Guide
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br / I highly recommend her read if you are getting started. However, if you have some familiarity with WCF - this one will take you further. It has plenty of easy-to-understand code samples and a wonderful best practice section near the index. I have been able to incorporate things in this book with business - and that is what really counts.
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 Dont expect much
Writing is art like programming or painting, not every one can be a writer, I cant be a writer, but i know that about myself.
br /Being technically competent and knowlagable about something does not
br /nesserarily means you can now go and write a book about it.
br /The author is a failure when it comes to writing specially technical
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br /a good book writer is for example "Jon Skeet" other writers should take
br /a look at his style.
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Another great one from Juval
I've been a fan of Juval ever since I took an al-day seminar with him at DevConnections a few years ago. He's a great teach and a great writer. However, he is not for beginners.
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