CS31 .NET Distributed Applications Using C#

CS31� .NET Distributed Applications Using C#

Rev. 2.0

This course provides a realistic, hands-on coverage of developing distributed applications using .NET and C#. It covers Web services in depth and introduces .NET Remoting. Web services are an evolving series of standards that enable programs on various computers to communicate with other programs on similar or disparate computers transparently over the Internet. .NET remoting enables a .NET client to interact with a .NET component in a different application domain, which may be hosted on a different computer. This course teaches in detail the skills needed to program Web services using ASP.NET. It also examines the fundamentals of SOAP and WSDL essential for creating interoperable Web services. The course is current to .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005, with coverage of new features such as the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1, SOAP 1.2, event pattern for calling Web services asynchronously, and more. It also includes an introduction to Web Service Enhancements (WSE) 3.0.

For students pursuing MCTS certification, the course provides helpful preparation for Exam 70-529: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0�Distributed Application Development.

The first chapter introduces Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The baseline Web service specifications of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI are outlined.

Chapter 2 covers the fundamentals of SOAP and WSDL. Web services are developed using the .NET Framework SDK. Chapter 3 covers the details of how to create and debug ASP.NET Web services using Visual Studio 2005.

Chapter 4 shows how to create clients for Web services using an SDK tool and using Visual Studio 2005. Sophisticated topics, such as state management, caching and transactions in Web services are covered in Chapter 5. The next two chapters discuss important technologies at the foundation of ASP.NET Web services, including XML serialization and SOAP.

Chapter 8 provides a practical discussion of data access using Web services. The next chapter covers Web service security using WSE 3.0, which provides implementation of advanced Web service protocols such as WS-Security, WS-Trust and WS-Policy. WSE 3.0 also provides a diagnostic message tracing tool, which is used in the course to trace SOAP packets, providing insight into the anatomy of Web services. The course concludes with an introduction to .NET Remoting.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

� Gain a comprehensive understanding of the philosophy and architecture of Web services and Service Oriented Architecture.

� Acquire a working knowledge of creating and consuming Web services using the .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005.

� Understand the building blocks of Web services, including XML, SOAP and WSDL.

� Understand issues in the ASP.NET programming model, such as caching, data handling and state management.

� Use WSE 3.0 to implement advanced Web services protocols.

� Understand the principle of Web services security and implement authentication on both the server and client.

� Understand the architecture of .NET remoting and use it to implement a distributed application.

Course Duration: 4 days

Prerequisites: Knowledge of the .NET Framework using C# and an understanding of the fundamentals of XML. Some experience in ASP.NET is advantageous.

1. What Are Web Services?

Introduction to Distributed Computing

Network Latency

Object State and Scalability

Interoperability

SOAP

WSDL

UDDI

Web Service Business Models

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

ASP.NET Web Services

Web Service Enhancements (WSE)

Windows Communications Framework (WCF)

2. Web Services Fundamentals

Creating a Web Service Using ASP.NET

Deploying a Web Service Using IIS

Testing a Web Service

HTTP

XML

SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2

Web Service Clients

WSDL

3. Developing ASP.NET Web Services

Using Visual Studio 2005 to Develop Web Services

Visual Web Developer

Using ASP.NET Development Server

An Overview of the Web Services Namespaces

Deriving from the WebService Class

@Webservice Attribute

WebService Class

Adding a WebMethod to Web Services

Debugging Web Services

WS-I Basic Profile

ASP.NET Configuration

4. Web Service Clients

Web Service Proxies

Web Services Description Language Tool (Wsdl.exe)

Understanding the Proxy Code

Creating a Proxy with Visual Studio 2005

Returning Complex User-Defined Data Types

Writing a Client for the Google Search API

5. ASP.NET Web Services Programming Model

Asynchronous Programming in Web Services

Asynchronous Events in .NET 2.0

Managing State in ASP.NET Web Services

Transactions in ASP.NET Web Services

Caching in ASP.NET Web Services

6. XML Serialization

XmlSerializer

What Is Not Serialized

Writing and Reading XML

Customizing XML Serialization

XML Schema and XSD

Creating Classes from Schemas

XML Serialization and Web Services

7. More about SOAP

The Structure of SOAP Messages

Using SOAP Headers

SOAP Faults

Document and RPC Style Messaging

Literal and Encoded Use

Customizing SOAP with Attributes

Using SOAP 1.2

8. Data Access with Web Services

Multiple-Project Solutions in Visual Studio

Multiple-Tier Data Access

Data Access Using ADO.NET 2.0

A Data Access Web Service

Data Binding with Windows Forms

Using Typed DataSets

Binding to a Web Service

9. WSE 3.0 and Web Services Security

Web Service Enhancements (WSE)

Windows Communications Framework (Indigo)

When to Use WSE

WSE Architecture

A WSE-Enabled Web Service

WSE Settings 3.0 Tool

WSE Message Tracing

A WSE-Enabled Client

Web Services Security

Server Authentication

X.509 Certificates

Policy Files

User Name Authentication

10. .NET Remoting

.NET Remoting Architecture

Marshal by Value

Marshal by Reference

.NET Remoting Example

Appendix A. Learning Resources

Appendix B. Configuring IIS for ASP.NET 2.0

System Requirements

Course exercises require Microsoft .NET 2.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The preferred operating system is Windows XP Professional with Internet Information Services. WSE 3.0 should be installed. See the appropriate course Setup Guide for details.

A good minimal hardware profile for this course would have a 1 GHz or better CPU, 256 MB of RAM, and at least 4 GB of free disk space for tools installation and courseware.