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Course Number:  XML602

Course Description:  This hands on course provides a comprehensive coverage of developing Web services using ASP.NET and C#. 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. 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.

Objectives:  · Gain a comprehensive understanding of the philosophy and architecture of Web services
· Develop a working knowledge of creating and consuming Web services using the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET
· Develop a detailed knowledge of the building blocks of Web services, including XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.
· Understand issues in the ASP.NET programming model, such as caching, data handling and state management.
· Understand the principle of Web services security

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

Course Length:  4 days

CourseTopics:

1. What Are Web Services?

Introduction to Distributed Computing
Motivation for Web Services
Evolving of Web Services
Web Services Definition
Next Generation of Distributed Computing—Web Services!
ASP.NET Web Services
Reasons to Embrace Web Services Architecture
Benefits of Web Services
Backbones of Web Services
Alternative to Web Services: .NET Remoting
2. The Anatomy of Web Services
Creating a Web Service Using ASP.NET
Deploying a Web Service Using IIS
Testing a Web Service
HTTP
XML
SOAP
Web Service Clients
SOAP Toolkit Trace Utility
WSDL
3. Developing ASP.NET Web Services
Using VS.NET to Develop ASP.NET Web Services
An Overview of the Web Services Namespaces
Deriving from the Web Service Class
@Webservice Attribute
Web Service Class
Adding a WebMethod to Web Services
Debugging Web Services
4. Web Service Clients
Web Service Proxies
Creating Proxies Manually
Web Services Description Language Tool (Wsdl.exe)
Understanding the Proxy Code
Creating a Proxy with VS.NET
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
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
8. More About WSDL
The Need for Service Description
An IDL for Web Services
WSDL Namespaces
The WSDL Description Model
WSDL Descriptors as Schema
Message Description
Messaging Scenarios
Operations: Input, Output, and Fault
Messages
Service Description
Extending WSDL
.NET WSDL Classes
WSDL First!
9. Web Service Discovery and UDDI
Publishing and Discovery of Web Services
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UDDI in Visual Studio .NET
UDDI Information Model
tModels
Creating a UDDI Description of a Business
Using the Microsoft UDDI .NET SDK
Accessing the UDDI Registry
10. Web Services Security and GXA

Security in Web Services

Basic Techniques in Securing Web Services

Secure Connection

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) ? HTTPs (Secure HTTP)

Authentication and Authorization for Web Services

Basic Security for Transmissions over HTTP

Web Services and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

XML Signature and XML Encryption

XML Key Management Specification (XKMS)

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML)

Need for End-to-End Security

Global XML Architecture (GXA)

WS-Security

Web Service Enhancements (WSE)