Windows Communication Foundation
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Is .NET WCF worth the effort?
Maybe it's me, but I've never encountered nearly as many problems, annoying challenges, indirect error messages and general frustrations with any other technology as I have with WCF.
What are the ...
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MVC, WCF, EF, LINQ - Is it just me? [closed]
...or are things getting more complicated?
It seems to me that you need to know a lot of stuff to 'properly' develop an MS web app these days. In the bad old days when we didn't know any better we ...
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Which .NET REST approach/technology/tool should I use?
I am implementing a RESTful web service and several client applications that are mostly in Silverlight. I am finding a litany of options for developing both the server-side and client-side of the API ...
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ASP.NET MVC vs WCF for REST API + Webpage usage
I think the discussion for programmatic service oriented usage vs human interaction is clear.
But if I were to create an application that makes use of both a programmatic API and a website that makes ...
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WCF to Java webservices interop seems surprisingly problematic. Any good resources?
With a recent project our .Net based dev team has been tasked with integrating with a whole host of java based web services around the world, and we really have had a surprisingly (well, we are ...
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2answers
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WCF/SOA - Why should I create parameter objects for simple requests
Our company is starting a fairly large SOA initiative. We're doing a lot of stuff right: there's good communication; money for tools where appropriate; and we have brought on some good expertise to ...
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Imitating Exchange Server's “RBAC AuthZ” in my own application… (is there something similar?)
Exchange 2010 has a delegation model where groups of winrm cmdlets are essentally grouped into roles, and the roles assigned to a user.
(Image source)
This is a great & flexible model ...
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5answers
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What is the best book for learning WCF? [closed]
For better or worse, we're going to be using WCF as part of the back-end of a new system we are going to be building. I'm looking for a good book to help me learn how to create such services ...
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1answer
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How to build a good service layer in ASP.NET?
I have looked through some questions, technologies for building a good service layer but I have some questions regarding this that I need help with.
First some information of what I have for ...
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2answers
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What's the best practice to do SOA exception handling?
Here's some interesting debate going on between me and my colleague when coming to handle SOA exceptions:
On one side, I support what Juval Lowy said in Programming WCF Services 3rd Edition:
As ...
7
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1answer
419 views
Is there an advantage to using WCF or WebAPI for mobile?
I'm looking at doing my first mobile development using Mono Touch and Mono for Android. I'd like them to communicate with an ASP.NET MVC 4 site I'm designing. I've worked with WCF and WebAPI in the ...
6
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1answer
835 views
Architecting a modular service application
I'm looking at architecting a new solution that is very modular by nature and would like to create a structure that supports that design to allow for easy future expansion, clear separation of ...
5
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Should I swap from WCF to NserviceBus
We have a central server that sends and recieves messages from a number of PCs that are located on client networks in various locations. To facilitate this, currently I'm using WCF with ...
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2answers
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How should I deal with Time Zones in a .NET WCF application?
Our company runs a SaaS application where users log in from across the world (although mostly in the US). We store all our time relevant information as UTC, but we need to display times using local ...
5
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1answer
976 views
How do you protect your WCF service?
sometimes a programmer comes up with a brilliant idea to protect his/her webservice created with Windows Communication Foundation.
I would like to hear from you guys, which techniques do you use to ...
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JQuery / JSON + .Net Service Layer - to WCF or Not to WCF?
I Recently had a discussion with a colleague of mine about the pros / cons of WCF. He mentioned about how much code is generated to support WCF, and also the overhead required. It was mentioned that a ...
4
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3answers
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Is WCF suitable for writing an application which is shared among applications?
I have developed and deployed few ASP.NET applications. Sometimes I want to stop the users from either inserting or updating a record when:
Maintenance is going on.
Stop operations due to payment ...
4
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4answers
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Javascript client - which is likely to be better serverside? WCF or MVC3 controller with restful messages?
I'm looking to write a server side service, which will be accessed from a Javascript/HTML5 client.
The client will likely be sending a bunch of restful messages over HTTPS.
All other things being ...
4
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3answers
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web Service - what happens when client doesn't get the response?
We have developed a WCF service which acts as an API to our system.
some of the methods expose functionality which eventually writes and updates data to DB.
Lets say that the client sent one of ...
4
votes
1answer
290 views
Architecture: for a Single website to be supported for different Clients
I have developed a system with one company profile.
The system is built using WCF services, asp.net.
Now another company wants to use our system as well. And they might need some customization and ...
3
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4answers
547 views
Role of Microsoft certifications ADO.Net, ASP.Net, WPF, WCF and Career?
I am a Microsoft fan and .Net enthusiast. I want to align my career in the lines of current and future .Net technologies. I have an MCTS in ASP.Net 3.5. The question is about the continuation of ...
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3answers
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Should I use both WCF and ASP.NET Web API
We already have a WCF API with basichttpbinding.
Some of the calls have complex objects in both the response and request.
We need to add RESTful abilities to the API.
at first I tried adding a ...
3
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2answers
601 views
How should an iPhone app connect to a .NET service?
I need to accept text and photo data from an iPhone app. Normally I would write a web service or a windows service with WCF for client server connections. I'm not familiar with iPhone apps, what is ...
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3answers
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Why is WCF is called Windows
I'm wondering why it isn't called Microsoft Communication Foundation. Does it rely on Windows and will it rely on Windows in the foreseeable future?
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1answer
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Are Request/Response Parameter Wrappers Good Practice?
I've seen several different ways to design WCF services, and it seems some developers prefer parameter wrappers while others favor 'naked' parameters. To explain what I mean, consider the following ...
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4answers
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REST Service Authentication/Authorization
I have a WCF rest service that will be consumed by multiple clients. The information returned by the client requires me to know who they are, so that I can return information specific to them.
Is ...
3
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2answers
676 views
If ASP.NET MVC 4 supports RPC style communication what does that mean for WCF?
From http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28942
ASP.NET MVC 4 also includes ASP.NET Web API, a framework for building
and consuming HTTP services that can reach a broad range of ...
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3answers
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70-513 MCTS Exam practice test
Hi guys I am really struggling to find practice questions for the Exam 70-513 anyone got free tests for practicing?
I would really appreciate your help
Thanks a lot
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3answers
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What is the best way to scale a CQRS system?
In the previous months I have been asking a lot of questions concerning the architecture of an application I'm working on. Thanks to the answers the architectural design has changed - in fact, it has ...
3
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1answer
309 views
Should web service response use a base class or generic class?
In my RESTful WCF web service I have something like the following response object.
public class WebResponse<T>
{
public bool Success { get; set; }
public T Data { get; set; } ...
3
votes
2answers
230 views
WCF service as a proxy for publishing real-time data to a WPF/MVVM clients
I've been tasked with creating a dashboard application to show real time updates for our servers. The raw data comes in from an XML file on our intranet which I need to parse and present to the user.
...
3
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1answer
1k views
JavaScript client for talking with WCF server with WebSockets binding
I'm excited about the possibilities for duplex communication with WebSockets between a web browser and web server. I see that WCF for .NET 4.5 supports a WebSockets binding now, and I know there's a ...
3
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2answers
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thick client migration to web based application
This query is related to application design the technology that I should consider during migration.
The Scenario: I have a C#.net Winform application which communicates with a device. One of the main ...
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2answers
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Exposing business logic as WCF service
I'm working on a middle-tier project which encapsulates the business logic (uses a DAL layer, and serves a web application server [ASP.net]) of a product deployed in a LAN. The BL serves as a bunch of ...
3
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1answer
965 views
What is a good design pattern / lib for iOS 5 to synchronize with a web service?
We are developing an iOS application that needs to synchronize with a remote server using web services. The existing web services have an "operations" style rather than REST (implemented in WCF but ...
3
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1answer
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WCF and Service Registry
I am about to build some WCF Services. Those services need to communicate to each others too, in some scenarios.
I've done some "Google-ing" about Service Registry but can't figure out how to ...
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2answers
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Move from JSON to Protobuf. Is it worth it?
We have REST webservices that can serve XML or JSON (WCF). I'm toying with idea of implementing Protobufs. Why?
PROS
Less load on servers.
Smaller message size - less traffic.
It is easier to ...
2
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3answers
751 views
chat/game server best way to implement, is WCF the way to go? [closed]
I'm creating a game on wp7 and it will be an online game played between a max of 4 players. The game will be a turn based game. My question really is what is the best way to do this server wise? is ...
2
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2answers
291 views
Using IIS as a server for non-http server
I am developing a system that is designed for multiple forms of interfacing. There is a website, but that is connected through an SDK, as well as an HTTP query interface to access data. But to improve ...
2
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1answer
87 views
WCF hardware requirement
I read the hardware requirements of WCF in a book and two of them are the following ones:
A DVD-ROM drive
A 1024 × 768 or higher resolution display with 256 colors or more
Why is there a ...
2
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1answer
232 views
Should I Use WCF For My Purpose?
I wrote two programs that server and client can connect to each other (one program for server and another for client) with their IP addresses (socket programming).
Now I want to modify it so that if ...
2
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2answers
523 views
How to structure a project that supports multiple versions of a service?
I'm hoping for some tips on creating a project (ASP.NET MVC, but I guess it doesn't really matter) against multiples versions of a service (in this case, actually multiple sets of WCF services).
...
2
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1answer
222 views
what info do wcf/.net developers need when joining a new project?
I'm a technical writer tasked to document a rather complex WPF/WCF .net application for a governmental agency. I'm not sure where to start and would like some suggestions from .net developers about ...
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1answer
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Is passing the Model around in this way considered bad practice?
If I have a view called, for example, ViewDetails that displays user information in labels and has a Model called ViewDetailsModel and if I want to allow the user to click a button to edit some of ...
2
votes
3answers
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Offline data that will need imported later
My existing application is a .NET 3.0 winform app that talks to a WCF service which in turn updates a MS SQL Server database; I can make changes at all spots (Windows client, WCF, server). I've had an ...
2
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3answers
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Promoting scalability in small business applications
I am part of a small software company that specializes in small to medium-sized business applications and my experience with distributed architectures/SOA is limited. Please let me know if I'm going ...
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2answers
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Is this the correct way to implement .NET MVC website structure?
I have recently seen a .NET MVC solution in which the markup in the .aspx views which appear to have a Controller as their model i.e the controller seems to be providing the data for the view, and the ...
2
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1answer
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What are Silverlight, WCF RIA services or applications?
I asked a question here on programmers yesterday about learning HTML & CSS and the community was pretty generous to provide great answers. One of the answers was given by Emmad Kareem and that was ...
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2answers
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MCTS certification (Windows Communication Foundation Development)
I seriously need some advice on getting MCTS certified (Windows Communication Foundation Development)
I just cannot go to a MS certification courses as they are very expensive here and far from my ...
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1answer
305 views
What are some interesting uses of the Azure Service Bus? [closed]
I'm fascinated by WCF and the abilities of the Service Bus. What interesting implementations have you seen ?
