In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating a WCF service
- Self-hosting a WCF service
- Hosting a WCF service in IIS Server
- Integrating a WCF service in a WPF application
Introduction
In the modern world, enterprise applications are the key to consumer-centric enterprises. Users access one or multiple devices to connect to the external world. And to succeed at this, the business needs shared services, which can be consumed by all such devices.
The service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a design principle that enterprises follow to outline well-defined services, using a common set of contracts. Each of these services can be individually modified independently of one another and consumed by the external ...
