Introducing WCF Basics

During the past decade, a lot of research has been done in the field of distributed computing. Microsoft and other leading vendors have come up with various distributed technologies. Each of the technologies reduces the convolution of building rich applications and lowers development costs. The latest from Microsoft is Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), the next-generation uniform way of developing distributed applications by providing a service-oriented programming model.

WCF (formerly known as Indigo) handles the communication infrastructure of Windows Vista and has been extended to Windows XP and Windows 2003 through the .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX). The .NET Framework 3.0 is a managed programming ...

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