Pro Windows Server AppFabric

Description

This book will teach you all about Windows Server AppFabric (code-named “Dublin”), a set of extensions to Windows Server that allow it to function as a lightweight, application server. The combination of Windows Server and AppFabric provides an easy-to-manage platform for developing, deploying, and reliably hosting middle-tier WCF/WF services. Windows Server AppFabric fills an important vacuum left in the wake of COM and COM+'s demise as the .NET platform has risen to prominence. Provided as an extension to Internet Information Services (IIS), the built-in application server frees you from having to create your own Windows services to perform application hosting. Instead, you can take advantage of plumbing and infrastructure that Microsoft provides for you, freeing you to focus on just your business logic while still being able to deploy n-tier solutions on Windows Server. In this way, Windows Server AppFabric solves the problem of developing, deploying, and reliably hosting middle-tier WCF/WF services. If you're an experienced developer, you'll want to learn about Windows Server AppFabric fast, without a lot of reading. And that's what this book is all about. It cuts to the chase and shows you the simplicity and elegance that combine to form Windows Server AppFabric, getting you up to speed fast, so that you can take advantage of all the platform has to offer. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Introduction....Pages 1-12 Choosing AppFabric....Pages 13-29 Laying the Foundation....Pages 31-52 Understanding the Architecture....Pages 53-86 Configuring AppFabric....Pages 87-113 Developing WCF Applications with AppFabric....Pages 115-143 Developing WF Applications....Pages 145-166 Hosting in AppFabric....Pages 167-205 Deploying AppFabric Applications....Pages 207-229 Advanced Concepts....Pages 231-253 Monitoring and Tracking....Pages 255-276 Implementing High Availability....Pages 277-292 Upgrading to AppFabric....Pages 293-296 Back Matter....Pages 297-310