David Chappell, Series Editor

The Independent Technology Guides offer serious technical descriptions of important new software technologies of interest to enterprise developers and technical managers. These books focus on how that technology works and what it can be used for, taking an independent perspective rather than reflecting the position of any particular vendor. These are ideal first books for developers with a wide range of backgrounds, the perfect place to begin mastering a new area and laying a solid foundation for further study. They also go into enough depth to enable technical managers to make good decisions without delving too deeply into implementation details. The books in this series cover a broad range of topics, from networking protocols to development platforms, and are written by experts in the field. They have a fresh design created to make learning a new technology easier. All titles in the series are guided by the principle that, in order to use a technology well, you must first understand how and why that technology works.

Titles in the Series

Brian Arkills, LDAP Directories Explained: An Introduction and Analysis, 0-201-78792-X

David Chappell, Understanding .NET: A Tutorial and Analysis, 0-201-74162-8

Eric Newcomer, Understanding Web Services: XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI, 0-201-75081-3

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