Web Services Using VB.NET & ASP.NET Course
Course Description
Course pre-requisites:
Topics covered on the 4 day Web Services Using VB.NET & ASP.NET course
What Are Web Services?
- What is a Web Service?
- Why are Web Services Needed?
- Distributed Object Computing
- Major Players in Web Services
- Web Services Interoperability
- Benefits of Web Service Integration
- SOAP
- UDDI
- Web Services Business Models
- Business Models Classified
- Microsoft MapPoint – S2C and S2B
- Service to Business Web Services
- Dollar Rent a Car – B2B
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Services Are Independent
- ASP.NET Web Services
- Alternative Technologies
- Web Service Enhancements 3.0
- Windows Communication Framework
Web Services Fundamentals
- Understanding Web Services
- Internet Information Services
- Internet Services Manager
- Virtual Directory
- Anonymous Access
- IIS Applications
- An Echo Web Service
- Echo Web Service Using ASP.NET
- SOAP Request
- Testing the Web Service
- HTTP POST Request
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- HTTP Headers and Content
- HTTP Methods
- XML
- SOAP-Based Web Services
- Messaging Models
- Messaging Over the Web
- The SOAP Messaging Model
- SOAP Namespaces
- The SOAP Envelope
- The Message Header
- Header Entry Attributes
- The Message Body
- Service Descriptions
- Web Services Description Language
- Viewing WSDL
- Using WSDL
- wsdl.exe in .NET SDK
Developing ASP.NET Web Services
- Developing Web Services in Visual Studio 2005
- Code for a Simple Web Service
- Hello World Web Service
- Concatenate Web Service
- WebService Directive
- Service.vb
- System.Web.Services Namespace
- WebService Attribute
- WebMethod Attribute
- BufferResponse
- MessageName
- Turning Off Conformance Checking
- WS-I Basic Profile
- ASP.NET Configuration
- Multi-level Configuration
- Configuration Hierarchy
- WebService Class
Web Service Clients
- Protocols
- Accessing a Web Service
- Creating a Proxy
- Creating a Proxy using wsdl.exe
- Exploring the Generated Proxy Code
- Console Client Test Program
- Creating a Proxy via Visual Studio
ASP.NET Web Services Programming Model
- Asynchronous Programming in Web Services
- Begin and End Asynchronous Methods
- Using a Callback Delegate
- Asynchronous Events in .NET 2.0
- State Management in ASP.NET
- Application and Session Objects
- Session Management
- Application Management
- ASP.NET Web Services Transactions
- Caching: An Overview
- Data to be Cached – Time Frame
- Output Caching
- Debugging
- Debugging a Web Service
- Enable Debugging in Web.config
- Deploying a Web Service
XML Serialization
- Serialization in .NET
- CLR Serialization
- Circular List and XML Serialization
- XML Serialization Infrastructure
- What Will Not Be Serialized
- XML Schema
- XSD Tool
- The XML Designer
- A More Complex Schema
- A Car Dealership
- Deserializing According to a Schema
- Type Infidelity
- Customizing XML Serialization
- XML Serialization and Web Services
More About SOAP
- The SOAP Messaging Model
- SOAP Namespaces
- The SOAP Envelope
- The Message Header
- Using SOAP Headers in .NET
- Using SOAP Headers on the Client
- Call Body
- Response Body
- Returning Errors
- Document Style Web Services
- Document vs. RPC Style
- Wrapped vs. Bare Style
- Literal vs. Encoded Use
- SOAP 1.2
- Specifying the Transport Protocols
- Making a Request Using SOAP 1.2
More About WSDL
- SOAP-Based Web Services
- Component-Based Software
- Component Models
- Web Services as Components
- A World without Type Information
- The Need for Service Description
- An IDL for Web Services
- Web Services Description Language
- WSDL Namespaces
- The WSDL Description Model
- A Bird’s Eye View
- WSDL Descriptors as Schema
- The Schema for WSDL Descriptors
- Associations between Components
- Interface Description
- Messaging Scenarios
- Operations: Input, Output, and Fault
- Messages
- Service Description
- Extending WSDL
- The Binding Component
- A Structural Pattern
- The SOAP Binding
- Document vs. RPC Style
- Encoded vs. Literal Use
- Using WSDL Files
- An Abstract Class
- Implementing the Web Service
- WSDL First!
- WSDL Support in .NET
- WSDL Viewer Tool
- WSDL Viewer Source Code
Data Access with Web Services
- Multiple-Project Solutions
- A Windows Application Client Project
- Adding a Web Reference
- Multiple Projects in Solution Explorer
- Implementing a Client Proxy
- Multiple-Tier Data Access
- A Data Access Web Service
- An Enhanced Web Service
- Client for Enhanced Web Service
- Objects in a ListBox
- Web Services Pass Data
- LocalCourse
- Client Code
- Type Information in Web Services
- Type Information as XML Schema
- Typed DataSets in Web Services
- Adding a Typed DataSet
- Returning a Typed DataTable
- Binding to a Web Service
- Troubleshooting Tip
INTRODUCTION TO WCF
- What is WCF?
- WCF Services
- Service Orientation
- WCF and Web Services
- WCF = ABC
- Address, Binding, Contract
- Hosting Services
- A Website for the Service
- Service Configuration
- Configuration Details
- Examining the Service in the Browser
- WCF Clients
- Creating WCF Clients
- Add Service Reference Dialog
- Interop with ASMX Web Services
- EchoService20
- EchoServiceASMX
- .Net 2.0 Client
- EchoService
- EchoClient35 Code
- Data Contract
- Operation Contract
- Client Program
- Deploying a WCF Web Service
APPENDIX A: LEARNING RESOURCES
APPENDIX B: CONFIGURING IIS FOR ASP.NET
- ASP.NET Versions Side-by-Side
- Configuring for ASP.NET 2.0
- Installing ASP.NET
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | July 2010 |
| 1-4 | 6-9 | 17-20 | 28-(1) | - |
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