WCF by Example

By Aaron Skonnard
Learn how to build modern connected systems on the Microsoft platform using Windows Communication Foundation through sample demos
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By Aaron Skonnard
Learn how to build modern connected systems on the Microsoft platform using Windows Communication Foundation through sample demos
More
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the next-generation platform for building connected systems on the Windows platform. WCF makes it possible to build secure, reliable, and transacted services that can be composed into service-oriented applications.
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Getting Started with WCF
19m 44s
Creating your first WCF service 9m 35s Creating your first WCF client 10m 9s
Configuration
27m 12s
Configuring services with endpoints 10m 58s Configuring Behaviors 3m 35s Configuring Bindings 3m 40s Configuring MEX endpoints 2m 43s Configuring WAS for TCP Endpoints 6m 16s
Hosting
25m 18s
Hosting WCF Services in IIS 8m 55s Hosting WCF Services in Windows Services 6m 11s Self-hosting WCF Services 10m 12s
REST
33m 43s
Building RESTful services with WCF 14m 26s Building RESTful services with WCF (2) 5m 52s Calling RESTful services with WCF 5m 27s Ajax-enabling your WCF services 7m 58s
Clients
12m 26s
Configuring Service References 7m 1s Calling services asynchronously with WCF 5m 25s
Description
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the next-generation platform for building connected systems on the Windows platform. WCF makes it possible to build secure, reliable, and transacted services that can be composed into service-oriented applications.
Course info
Level
Beginner
Rating
(1212)
Duration
1h 58m
Released
12 Nov 2009
Course authors
Aaron Skonnard

Aaron is a co-founder of Pluralsight where he serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Aaron has authored numerous Pluralsight courses in the areas of Azure (cloud computing), WCF, Web services, XML and BizTalk Server. Over the years, Aaron has written numerous articles, whitepapers, and books and he's a contributing editor with MSDN Magazine where he authored The XML Files and Service Station columns for years. Aaron frequently speaks at industry events including TechEd, PDC, and VSLive!

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