Get pragmatic, applied programming guidance for "Indigo" - the unified framework that dramatically simplifies the design and development of next-generation Web services. Written by a key contributor to the Microsoft "Indigo" team, this book introduces the "Indigo programming model and shares the essential concepts, techniques, and examples that will prepare you for the next wave of service-oriented development. Packed with procedures and code samples and organized by task, this book makes it easy to find the information you need as you design, code, deploy, and manage your own "Indigo"-based solutions. You'll also examine case-study examples of enterprise, peer-to-peer, and real-time applications that expose "Indigo" capabilities in action - and help accelerate your own productivity.