Wondering how
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) fits in to your developer life? This screencast, presented by Chris Bowen, is based on a session given for the Northeast Roadshow and introduces
WCF for developers, covering the motivation, mechanics of creating distributed applications with WCF, and a glimpse at some related topics and future directions.
Screencast outline:
- Introduction
- [3:02] Demo: First WCF Service
- [6:41] Endpoints (Address, Binding, Contract)
- [14:16] Configuration
- [16:20] Demo: Adding a WCF Client, WCF Configuration Editor, Diagnostics, Service Trace Viewer
- [36:10] Metadata
- [38:38] Behaviors
- [40:24] Related Topics
- [43:30] .NET Framework 4
Slides for this session, and other Northeast Roadshow sessions, can be found on the
Code Gallery.