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Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform
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Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform |
Author: Scott Short
Published: 2002-03-27 |
List price: $59.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Very Disappointing
I typically like the MS Press books when it comes to exploring new technologies. Not so with this book. Not only were there errors in most of the code examples, but Short's examples skipped over a number of details and steps that left you figuring them out on your own. Since the code didn't work anyway, I was left trying to figure out if my guesses were wrong or the code was. Buy the O'Reilly book.
Worse than anyone even says
I've probably read 100 technical books, but this is the worst I've ever opened. The number of errors just kills me... Why people don't compile their code and THEN paste it into their book is beyond me... Chapter two has an example where you create a Console Application, then you're asked to rename the Service1 file, but the Console Application wizard creates a Console1 file (the Web Service wizard creates a Service1 file). These errors are just inexcusable and the errors and issues go on forever... The errata should be as large as the book itself. Even larger if they included an apology for all the mistakes. I'd be totally ashamed to have my name on this book. If you're curious, buy a used copy for $5 and see for yourself. Even at that price, you'll probably feel ripped off.
WHAT A HORRIBLE BOOK!!
Don't waste your money on this book. The author makes it obvious through the examples provided that his knowledge of C# language structure is poor and the examples provided are 100 miles of bad road. Right off the bat in the early chapters of the book I tried to follow the examples in the book, but by instruction provided they don't work. You find yourself working around the mistakes in the book to get the examples to work. This book is a better reference for Schemas and Service Protocols than anything. Stay away if you are looking to learn about Web Services. I'd recommend a book by Wrox.
Go elsewhere for the subject
It is almost impossible to keep track trying to make sense of much of the written text. The author jumps from one concept to another without any logical structure. You can read a paragraph many times over without being able to understand what are the ideas behind the words.
A poorly written book
I can't believe such kind of book could even be published. I don't understand the logic and structure the author presents his ideas. One who read the book will tend to question the author's own understanding of the web services and .NET. If you read his very first example in book (P. 14), you will have to agree with me that he is not C# savvy. It seems to me that the author probably only concerns to get it published and he disregards the quality of the book. You can find plenty of spelling errors also (for example, P41. 'defer' should be 'refer'). I have to disuade whoever wants to buy this book. Bad book, poor writting skills and poor coding skills. Don't buy it.
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