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With all the attention paid recently to Web Services, many developers don¿t realize that the true successor to DCOM is actually .NET Remoting. And what an improvement it is! "Advanced .NET Remoting" is the first book that really offers in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting Framework. The first part of the book covers everything a developer needs to know to use the framework and its capabilities in real-world applications, including the basics of server-activated objects versus client-activated objects, formatters, channels, lifetime issues, security, configuration files, and more. The server-side hosting of remoteable components in console applications, Windows Services, and IIS are also covered in detail. The second part presents .NET Remoting internals in an unprecedented way. Ingo Rammer shows how the framework really uses message sinks and sink providers, and gives in-depth advice on why and how to implement message and channel sinks. These chapters will also give detailed insight into the synchronous and asynchronous message processing within the framework. Rammer goes far beyond Microsoft¿s documentation in explaining how .NET Remoting really works, and how it can be extended¿essential information for advanced developers. Rammer also presents the development process and source code for several real-world message sinks. He concludes with coverage of the ContextBoundObject class and .NET contexts, which allow the use of the techniques of the .NET Remoting Framework within individual, client-only applications. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ingo Rammer is cofounder and CEO of Sycom Software, an Austrian software consulting company. He works as consultant, trainer, and software architect for companies in the software and telecommunication industries. During his professional career he has worked with a range of programming platforms, although he focuses mainly on Visual Basic, Java, and the .NET platform. Most recently, he has designed and implemented several large-scale distributed applications and XML-based distributed application frameworks

Make the jump to distributed application programming using the .NET Framework—and introduce a new level of performance, scalability, and security to your network and enterprise applications. Expert .NET developer Matthew MacDonald shares proven techniques for fully exploiting .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and other .NET technologies and integrating them into your real-world solutions. MacDonald digs into key .NET building blocks and architectural issues, explaining which features and designs will best serve your customized distributed application projects—and when to use them. Case studies with full code examples illustrate these practical techniques in action, as well as demonstrating their benefits and tradeoffs.

Learn how to:

• Cross application boundaries with .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and Message Queuing
• Create responsive clients and scalable servers with multithreading
• Model your distributed application with interfaces, facades, and factories
• Use COM+ services such as object pooling, JIT activation, and transactions
• Craft a data transfer plan with Microsoft ADO.NET—without concurrency errors
• Help secure your code end to end—from the transport level to the presentation tier
• Learn ways to avert—or unclog—performance bottlenecks in your applications
• Automate deployment using self-updating applications and XML Web services
• Master stateless programming and other best practices for distributed applications

With all the attention paid recently to Web services, many developers dont realize that the true successor to DCOM is actually .NET Remoting. And what an improvement it is!

Advanced .NET Remoting in VB .NET is the Visual Basic edition of Ingo Rammer's bestselling Advanced .NET Remoting (C# edition). This book offers in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting Framework in Visual Basic .NET. The first part of the book covers everything you as a developer need to know to use the framework and its capabilities in real-world applications, including the basics of server-activated objects versus client-activated objects, formatters, channels, lifetime issues, security, configuration files, and more. The server-side hosting of remotable components in console applications, Windows Services, and IIS are also covered.

The second part presents .NET Remoting internals, and Rammer shows how the framework really uses message sinks and sink providers, and gives in-depth advice on why and how to implement message and channel sinks. These chapters also provide detailed insight into the synchronous and asynchronous message processing within the framework. Rammer goes far beyond Microsofts documentation in explaining how .NET Remoting really works and how it can be extendedessential information for advanced developers.

Rammer also presents the development process and source code for several real-world message sinks. He concludes with coverage of the ContextBoundObject class and .NET contexts, which allow the use of the techniques of the .NET Remoting Framework within individual, client-only applications.

Web services are perhaps the most important feature of .NET development. They take componentization to a new level by allowing method calls to be made over the Internet or over an intranet using standard protocols such as HTTP and SOAP. This means that the calling application needs to know nothing about the internal implementation of the service - a web service built in C# on the .NET platform will (in theory) be indistinguishable from one built on Linux using Java.

The .NET Framework provides two ways to build web services - ASP.NET and .NET Remoting. Unlike most books on web services, this book covers both of these technologies in depth. .NET Remoting web services require a little extra effort to build, but they offer us greater flexibility. They allow us to use different encoding and channels, and they can be hosted in any application, not just IIS.

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This book covers building web services and web service clients with both ASP.NET and .NET Remoting. We also look at the generic protocols used by web services - SOAP, WSDL, and we discuss discovering web services using Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI). Case studies illustrate the integration of web services into an application, and demonstrate how to create a custom channel sink to apply cryptography to a Remoting web service.

Since the announcement of .NET, a lot of attention has been paid to the new inter-application communication possibilities offered by web services. But in fact, the core technology in .NET for communication between distributed application components is .NET remoting. Remoting is the successor to Microsoft DCOM, and enables .NET application developers to easily access code running on remote computers.

Remoting offers developers many ways to customize the communications process, for efficiency, security, performance and power, and allows seamless integration of components running on several computers into a single application. This power makes remoting appear complex and difficult, but this book exposes the full power of remoting to Visual Basic .NET developers in a way that will ensure they have a deep understanding of what remoting is capable of, and how they can make it work the way they want.

Harness the power of .NET Remoting to build complex and secure distributed applications

Microsoft’s .NET Remoting takes building distributed applications to the next level. This innovative book, written by Microsoft insider David Conger, gets you up and running with .NET Remoting – fast. Starting with the basics of .NET technologies and tools as well as a simple client/server program, you’ll learn how to exchange data across networks and communicate with remote objects and other distributed systems. You’ll also learn how to securely deploy remote objects and client programs on networks, and then across the Internet as Web services. Finally, Conger demonstrates how you can extend and enhance the capabilities of the .NET Remoting system in order to use it to its full potential.

Using a comprehensible step-by-step approach and numerous C# code examples, this book will show you how to use .NET Remoting to:

• Build multi-tiered applications that can interoperate with components written in different languages
• Use remote objects as Web services to provide secure access to corporate applications
• Manage the "lifetime" of remote objects by controlling and maintaining their state
• Add custom security measures to distributed applications
• Execute asynchronous calls across networks

The companion Web site contains all the source code and executables from the book.

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Responding to the ongoing needs of IT professionals for current and reliable information on the latest technologies, Wiley Technology Publishing introduces the Gearhead Press titles. These books, written by accomplished trainers in their respective fields, focus on real-world examples and case studies to give readers the best information on leading topics.

The In the Trenches imprint of Gearhead Press includes fast-paced books written by fellow IT professionals who have been there and done that. In the Trenches books guide readers to proficiency, and serve as practical, hands-on references after the initial tasks are accomplished.

Advanced .NET Remoting is the first book on the market that offers in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting Framework. The book is divided into two sectionsthe first detailing the specifics of the framework and its capabilities in real-world applications. Topics include formatters, channels, lifetime issues, security, configuration files, and the basics of server-activated objects versus client-activated objects. Also covered in detail are Windows Services, IIS, and server-side hosting of remotable components in console applications.

The second part of the book presents an unprecedented view of .NET Remoting internals. Author Ingo Rammer shows how the framework uses message sinks and sink providers, and gives in-depth instruction on how to implement message and channel sinks. These chapters also give insight into the synchronous and asynchronous message processing within the framework.

Going far beyond the information youll gather from Microsoft's documentation, Rammer explains how .NET Remoting really works, and how it can be extended. The book also includes a chapter on the development process and source code for several real-world message sinks, and shows you how to develop a custom Remoting transport channel from scratch. It concludes with detailed coverage of the ContextBoundObject class and .NET contexts, essential for using the technology within individual, client-only applications.

This title shows developers how to build Internet-based, distributed applications using Microsoft .NET Remoting, which enables powerful remote interaction among objects. A fundamental understanding of .NET Remoting is crucial as developers shift to developing distributed, Internet-based applications. Until recently, DCOM was the preferred method for developing distributed applications on Microsoft platforms. But as this book demonstrates, the .NET Remoting architecture is much easier to use and extend than DCOM. The book covers all aspects of .NET Remoting, including in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting architecture plus concrete examples, best practices, and performance tips to show how to extend and customize the framework.

• Provides developers with deep design and implementation guidance to help them build better distributed applications on the Microsoft .NET Framework
• One third of the book introduces readers to the basics of using .NET Remoting to develop distributed application
• Two-thirds of the book covers advanced features of .NET Remoting plus details on how to extend and customize the framework

When you use .NET to create client-and server-side applications, you have to address a new and large set of security issues. ".NET Security¿ shows you what you need to know by covering the different aspects of the .NET security model through detailed discussions about the key namespaces. The authors not only demonstrate how to write .NET code that can create secure systems within the .NET Framework, but also discuss ways that someone may try to break the security model in .NET, and how .NET prevents such intrusions. ¿.NET Security¿ is a tutorial about how to use the .NET security and cryptographic classes as well as a reference for any developer who wants to understand how security is implemented in the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework requires understanding in many new areas such as managed code, permissions, and evidence--and this book covers them all. About the Authors: Jason Bock is consultant and instructor for Intertech-Inc. (a company devoted to delivering hands-on workshops for enterprise web developers and whose focus is the professional Java¿, XML, and .NET enterprise developer). He has worked on a number of business applications using a diverse set of substrates and languages such as C#, .NET, and Java. He is also the author of ¿CIL Programming: Under the Hood of .NET¿ by Apress and ¿Visual Basic 6 Win32 API Tutorial¿, and has written numerous articles on technical development issues associated with both VB and Java. Jason holds both a B.A. and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. You can find out more about him at http://www.jasonbock.net Pete Stromquist is a consultant at Magenic Technologies (one of the nation's premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners), specializing in Web-enabled application development using Microsoft tools and technologies. He has spent the last several years architecting and developing the following types of applications: Intranet content management, Web-enabled training and testing software, B2B and B2C e-commerce, and Web-based telemetry and logistics. Pete has complimented his VB skills with several other technologies such as: XML, XSL, COM+, IIS, ASP, and, of course, .NET. He also enjoys teaching and presenting on .NET technologies. Pete has a Mechanical Engineering background, receiving his Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota. Tom Fischer's career spans a broad range of technologies with some of the most prestigious consulting firms in the Twin Cities. His certifications include the Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). And as a Microsoft Certified Teacher (MCT), Tom also helps teach other developers about the latest Microsoft .NET tools and technologies. Nathan Smith is a consultant with Spherion in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds almost every Microsoft acronym possible (all but MCT) and specializes in the development of and conversion to Web enabled applications. Prior to the first beta release of C#, he focused primarily on Visual Basic development which he's been involved with for approximately six years.

.NET Remoting ist eines der führenden Entwicklungsframeworks für die Erstellung verteilter Systeme. Dieses Buch erklärt Ihnen umfassend und gut verständlich alle relevanten technologischen Aspekte von .NET Remoting und ermöglicht Ihnen die Erstellung von leistungsfähigen und skalierbaren verteilten Systemen. Die Autoren führen Sie zunächst in die Besonderheiten verteilter Systeme ein. Darauf aufbauend werden detailliert die Konzepte und Technologien erläutert: von der verteilten Objektkonstruktion über Persistenz, Konfiguration und Deployment, synchrone und asynchrone Kommunikation bis hin zu Sicherheitsaspekten. Zu all diesen Themen finden Sie ein durchgängiges Beispiel, das in den abschließenden Kapiteln zu einer umfassenden Anwendung ausgebaut wird. Weiterhin wagen die Autoren einen Blick in die Zukunft und geben Ihnen Hinweise, wie Sie Ihre Anwendungen mit Hinblick auf Indigo zukunftssicher gestalten können. Eine Referenz der wichtigsten APIs und der verwendeten Patterns rundet das Buch ab. Alle Kapitel sind so aufgebaut, dass lineares Lesen und Querlesen gleichermaßen möglich ist. Damit eignet sich das Buch sowohl als Leitfaden für .NET Remoting Einsteiger als auch als konzeptionelles Referenzwerk für Fortgeschrittene.