New to Windows Communication Foundation? - useful links

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WCF - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663324.aspx
(.net Framework Developer center, central resource for all things WCF)

WCF 3.5 samples - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751514.aspx
WCF 4.0 samples - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd483346(VS.100).aspx
(good resource to learn the basics by playing with samples)

WCF screencasts - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/wcf-screencasts.aspx

.Net endpoint blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/
(Blog by the .NET and AppFabric teams about WCF and WF development, deployment, and management)

Bug report/ Feature request/ Feedback to the product team - https://connect.microsoft.com/wcf
(There are useful resources mentioned at the bottom of this page as well)

Detailed WCF security guidance - http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurity

Detailed debugging using WCF tracing - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733025.aspx

Answer 1

nice one
Thanks for this

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Manish Sati

Answer 2

Thank you, helped me a lot

Thanks,

Naidu

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vrsanaidu

Answer 3

Here are some links tha might help you troubleshooting/trackign/tracing WCF and WF applications. 

WCF Administration and Diagnostics

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a rich set of functionalities that can help you monitor the different stages of an application’s life. For example, you can use configuration to set up services and clients at deployment. WCF includes a large set of performance counters to help you gauge your application's performance. WCF also exposes inspection data of a service at runtime through a WCF Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider. When the application experiences a failure or starts acting improperly, you can use the Event Log to see if anything significant has occurred. You can also use Message Logging and Tracing to see what events are happening end-to-end in your application. These features assist both developers and IT professionals to troubleshoot an WCF application when it is not behaving correctly

Workflow Tracking and Tracing

Windows Workflow tracking is a .NET Framework version 4 feature designed to provide visibility into workflow execution. It provides a tracking infrastructure to track the execution of a workflow instance. The WF tracking infrastructure transparently instruments a workflow to emit records reflecting key events during the execution. This functionality is available by default for any .NET Framework 4 workflow. No changes are required to be made to a .NET Framework version 4 workflow for tracking to occur. It is just a matter of deciding how much tracking data you want to receive.

Here are some samples to help you out as well.

WCF Services and Event Tracing for Windows

WCF Analytic Tracing

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mm

Answer 4

Hi,

Really very useful for a novoice programmer,it saves me a lot of time for getting this material

 

 

Answer 5

problem with accessing client application(console) in wcf webservice IIShosting

Answer 6

HI,

Some one help me in consuming the wcf webservice(IIS hosted) in Client application(@console)

Answer 7

Many more videos available at

http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/wcf

If you want to learn What's new in WCF 4.0, this article gives you good sneak preview about it

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee354381.aspx

 

Nishith Pathak

Http://DotnetPathak.blogspot.com

 

 

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Nishith Pathak

Answer 8

Thanks alot. I'm a new member of this forum. I've watched your videos, also follow the links. They're really helpful.

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Answer 9

See the Link

http://dhananjaykumar.net/category/wcf/

 

 

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Thanks Dhananjay Kumar
MVP Connected System Developer http://dhananjaykumar.net/
Contact: [e-mail] Twitter: http://twitter.com/debugmode_

Answer 10

One of the common issues people talk to me about is what is the best way of getting started with WCF?

I go through these steps in an easy to follow process from creating a WCF service from a console application, generating a client proxy and implementing calls from a client console application.

I discuss how to debug the service to better understand the use of endpoint.

Introduction to WCF - http://danielglyde.blogspot.com/2011/03/introduction-to-wcf.html

I have also uploaded the source to Git Hub.

Source code for an introduction to WCF -  https://github.com/danielglyde/WCFStringManipulator

 

 

Answer 11

Hi,

I want to use ResourceDictionary may be for readonly purpose, via WCF Client/Server. My Client App is WPF and Server offcourse WCF4 via Routing=>NetTCPBinding or any binding which can suite for this scenario about Performance wise.

Although right now ResourceDictionary is simple (string)key (string)value based but may be in future it can have images and or some kind of Animation and lot more......

Any Sample and Guidance,

 

 

Regards,

-N

Answer 12

I'm new here. Great to find these useful links thanks.

Answer 13

You might post as a new question by clicking on 'Ask a question' link and describe your problem there..

Answer 14

Thank you..helped me alot

Answer 15

The Windows Communications Framework is a part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for rapidly building service-oriented applications that communicate across the web and the enterprise. To learn the concept, first study the following post:

http://blog.csharplearners.com/category/wcf/

and then, visit the following links:

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663324.aspx 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668794.aspx

Overview on WCF (high-level intro) 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/tfsbuild/thread/59c4dc2d-1b34-4099-b79d-03e4024fe003

WCF and TFS 2008 Build Deployment 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733832.aspx

Best Practices: Data Contract Versioning

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731060.aspx

Best Practices: Service Versioning

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee358764.aspx

Configuration-Based Activation in IIS and WAS

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751792.aspx

Deploying an Internet Information Services-Hosted WCF Service

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg258442.aspx

Developing and Deploying WCF Data Services

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/AstoriaDocSamples

General links:

http://www.yggenyk.dk/wiki/WCF_-_Links_to_documents_and_tutorials

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/wcf_bohansen.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/wcfbyexample_introduction.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/WCFWPFChat.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/WCFOverview.aspx

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/061130.htm

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/070125.htm

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/prathore/711/

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/dhananjaycoder/1701/

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/37db1d/4891/

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/dhananjaycoder/7084/

Amir Ahani (MCSD .NET)

 

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a.ahani

Answer 16

Hi Mohana,

I have 28 useful links for WCF in my receent post in blog.csharplearners.com :

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/09/11/windows-communication-foundation-links/

Regards,

Amir Ahani

 

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a.ahani

Answer 17

Hi Amir,

I have already read your other postings in MSDN. Your 28 useful links for WCF is great and very well organized. Can you share more resources about WCF here or in your blog?

Thx,

Bryan

Answer 18

Hi Bryan,

You can visit the following link for the WCF topics:

http://blog.csharplearners.com/category/wcf/

Or:

1- SOA and WCF: http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/09/12/service-oriented-architecture-soa-wcf/

2- WCF: http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/08/24/windows-communication-foundation-wcf/

Please let me know which are of WCF you are more interested to learn and I will provide you some links.

Regards,

Amir Ahani (MCSD.NET)

 

Answer 19

Hi

You can find some useful link on how to make a call to a WCF Service in the context of a WPF application.

http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/consuming-data-wcf-service.html

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PS.Shakeer Hussain

Answer 20

I am agree with mmckeown-basemsft, No changes are required to be made to a .NET Framework version 4 workflow for tracking to occur. It is just a matter of deciding how much tracking data you want to receive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My name is Ahmed Noer

Answer 21

Thank you very much,

also visit on this link: 

             http://anildroisys.blogspot.com/2011/12/wcf-duplex-messaging.html

Thanks,

Answer 22

Hi Mohana,

I have 28 useful links for WCF in my receent post in blog.csharplearners.com :

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/09/11/windows-communication-foundation-links/

Regards,

Amir Ahani

 

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a.ahani

I'm new here. Great to find these useful links thanks.

Answer 23

problem with accessing client application(console) in wcf webservice IIShosting

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Answer 24

thanks a lot...

Answer 25

Thanks a lot !

Answer 26

GOOD LINKS...

Answer 27

Thanks!

Answer 28

Also,

The Webcast series from Das Blonde ThatIndigoGirl is a very good and helpfull resource for WCF.

http://www.thatindigogirl.com/

For a beginner, WCF Tutorials is also a good resource.

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Imran

Answer 29

thank you a lot. game iwin