Programming Windows Services with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 - Softcover

Gernaey, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073562433X ISBN 13: 9780735624337

Publisher: Microsoft Press US, 2008

Synopsis

Get the practical reference to developing Windows services with Visual Basic 2008. Addressing the leading trend of software as a service, this guide illustrates how developers with intermediate Visual Basic skills can design and implement Web services. It addresses a critical gap in the developer literature today, showing that services can be developed with Visual Basic 2008—and are not restricted to XML-based applications or Microsoft Visual C#. Software as a service is changing the dynamic between rich and thin clients. As device types multiply, users expect “always-on” connectivity to link them to the robust Web and corporate applications they use on the desktop. Services, which offload data storage and processing tasks to a server, run efficiently on Web platforms on any device. Services do not need to be a complex coding task—and this is the ideal resource for creating modern, service-oriented applications. It covers integration of services with other Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft SQL Server. Plus, you’ll get extensive code snippets and sample applications.

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About the Author

During more than 10 years at Microsoft, senior consultant Michael Gernaey has designed and written many large-scale application solutions for customers and focused on providing guidance to Visual Basic programmers on how to create robust, modern, service-oriented applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press US
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 073562433X
• ISBN 13: 9780735624337
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352