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Hello and thanks for visiting the WCF Forum!

 

It has been a while since this post was updated, and I will post the links to the new sp1 beta offerings here.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions/ideas or thoughts about the Forums, my e-mail is edhickey at Microsoft.com.

 

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Here are the answers of some common questions:

 

Where do I log bugs that I find?

Please enter any bugs that you find in Microsoft Connect at https://connect.microsoft.com/wcf

 

Where do I get the latest version of Visual Studio or the .Net Framework?  We just released SP1 for VS 2008 and the .Net Framework 3.5, here’s the latest links:

 

• Visual Studio 2008 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en
• Visual Studio Express SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/express/sp1/
• .Net Framework 3.5 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en

 

 

 

Where is WCF documentation and code samples?

• .Net Framework 3.5 MSDN Docs and Samples
  Documentation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms735119(VS.90).aspx
  Samples docs: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751514(VS.90).aspx
  Samples download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87352
• WCF Community Content
  For community content: http://wcf.netfx3.com/
• WCF Security Guidance
  Videos, how-tos, and samples: http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurity

Thanks,

 

Ed Hickey

Answer 1

Hello

Is this the forum for discussion of the latest, release version of WCF or is it, as the name suggests, just for the beta's ?

Sorry if this is a stupid question but people on here are quite picky about posting in the wrong group. I cannot see a WCF v1 forum.

Thanks

Answer 2

This Forum is for all released versions of WCF.  To make it easier for those that are giving their time to answer your questions, it would be a good idea to give the version of the .Net Framework that you are using so your question can be answered appropriately without having to ask for clarification.

 

Thanks,

 

Ed

 

Answer 3

Helpful Links:

Principles of Service Design

MSDN WCF Samples
(Hosted Service Troubleshooting: \WCF\Setup\CS\cleanupvroot.bat and setupvroot.bat)

WCF Intro

About Bindings

Web Services Protocol Support

System-Provided Bindings

WSDL 2

1st generation Web Services

2nd generation Web Services

WS-I.org

XSD Design Approach WCF Update WSCF.blue

Azure

Answer 4

Hi Ed

Is there a video tutorials series on WCF for beginners?

I am aware of http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/wcf-screencasts.aspx

Your help and insight is appreciated.

Regards
Raju

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Apriori algorithm [association rule]

Answer 5

I found this book to be a pretty good start: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Windows-Communication-Foundation-Developer/dp/0735623066

Answer 6

I found this book to be a pretty good start: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Windows-Communication-Foundation-Developer/dp/0735623066

Hi Chris,
    Sure ,It s a great book for WCF  Pro Developer.
    If you want to have a deep insight of the WCF .

   I am try to translation it into chinese,and should be published in 2010.

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Frank Xu Lei--谦卑若愚，好学若饥
专注于.NET平台下分布式应用系统开发和企业应用系统集成
Focus on Distributed Applications Development and EAI based on .NET
欢迎访问老徐的中文技术博客：Welcome to My Chinese Technical Blog
欢迎访问微软WCF中文技术论坛：Welcome to Microsoft Chinese WCF Forum
欢迎访问微软WCF英文技术论坛：Welcome to Microsoft English WCF Forum

Answer 7

Welcome to join MSN Zone for Learning WCF:[e-mail] !

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Frank Xu Lei--谦卑若愚，好学若饥
专注于.NET平台下分布式应用系统开发和企业应用系统集成
Focus on Distributed Applications Development and EAI based on .NET
欢迎访问老徐的中文技术博客：Welcome to My Chinese Technical Blog
欢迎访问微软WCF中文技术论坛：Welcome to Microsoft Chinese WCF Forum
欢迎访问微软WCF英文技术论坛：Welcome to Microsoft English WCF Forum

Answer 8

hey,

i need a help please

i need to know steps to access to my wcf service from a silverlight client in a remote machine

thank you

Answer 9

Then please click the "Ask a Question" link at the top of the page.

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John Saunders
WCF is Web Services. They are not two separate things.
Use WCF for All New Web Service Development, instead of legacy ASMX or obsolete WSE
Use File->New Project to create Web Service Projects

Answer 10

Hi Ed

Is there a video tutorials series on WCF for beginners?

I am aware of http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/wcf-screencasts.aspx

Your help and insight is appreciated.

Regards
Raju

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Apriori algorithm [association rule]

Video tutorials is more popular among beginners and lazy people like me :).

Answer 11

The Beginner's Guide includes a set of introductory videos. These have titles like

• Creating Your First WCF Service
• Configuring Services with Endpoints
• Creating Your First WCF Client and
• Configuring WCF Service References

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John Saunders
WCF is Web Services. They are not two separate things.
Use WCF for All New Web Service Development, instead of legacy ASMX or obsolete WSE
Use File->New Project to create Web Service Projects

Answer 12

Chinese

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Frank Xu Lei--谦卑若愚，好学若饥
专注于.NET平台下分布式应用系统开发和企业应用系统集成
Focus on Distributed Applications Development and EAI based on .NET
 

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【老徐的网站】：http://www.frankxulei.com/

微软WCF中文技术论坛
微软WCF英文技术论坛
Windows Azure中文技术论坛

Answer 13

Hi All,

I have the collection of Links for the WCF beginners.

So please refer this links and find the collection of Links:

                         http://anildroisys.blogspot.com/2011/12/useful-links-to-learn-wcf-programming.html

Thanks,

Answer 14

This is also 1 of the nice book to start SAMS Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed (WCF)

Answer 15

Below is one more good link on WCF.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/87510/WCF-by-Example-Introduction

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Want to add MVP with my name.

Answer 16

Hi  i posted some of the WCF code sample in MSDN please visit here

Silverlight WCF N-Tier Architecture

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SilverlightWCFNTier-33f01765

Silverlight WCF RIA Services Sample in Datagrid

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Silverlight-WCF-RIA-Sample-b2fdc68e