I'm learning WCF and I'm stumped; why would I use this over a regular web service?

Posted by Sergio Tapia on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Sergio Tapia
Published on 2010-04-21T12:46:28Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 13:03 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 269

Filed under:

newbie

|

wcf

What benefits does WCF bring to the table and why should I use this new technology over good old ASP.Net web services?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about newbie

The newbie's guide to hacking the Linux kernel

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
<b>TuxRadar: </b>"We asked prolific kernel hacker (and Linux Format reader!) Greg Kroah-Hartman to tell us what it takes for newbies to patch the Linux kernel - here's what he had to say." >>> More
Static IP on FEDORA12 from Virtualbox

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm trying to get my FEDORA12 to have an STATIC IP - inside virtualbox - inside Ubuntu Let me rephrase that. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 system with vitualbox and a FEDORA12 vm there and I would like to put the fedora with an STATIC IP (amahi needs it), but I'm getting stuck... I'm using NAT (if that's… >>> More
Static IP on FEDORA12 from Virtualbox

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I'm trying to get my FEDORA12 to have an STATIC IP - inside virtualbox - inside Ubuntu Let me rephrase that. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 system with vitualbox and a FEDORA12 vm there and I would like to put the fedora with an STATIC IP (amahi needs it), but I'm getting stuck... I'm using NAT (if that's… >>> More
Static IP on FEDORA12

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm trying to get my FEDORA12 to have an STATIC IP - inside virtualbox - inside Ubuntu Let me rephrase that. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 system with vitualbox and a FEDORA12 vm there and I would like to put the fedora with an STATIC IP (amahi needs it), but I'm getting stuck... I'm using NAT (if that's… >>> More
Lotus Domino Administrator client missing

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Hi, I have just installed the trial version of Lotus Domino and now I'm pulling my hair out as for some stupid reason I can't find the Domino Administrator client. I have found multiple suggestions on various websites where to download it from, but all of them lead to the same section of the IBM website… >>> More

Related posts about wcf

Calling a WCF service from another WCF service

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi ! I have a WCF service hosted on a windows service on my Server1. It also has IIS on this machine. I call the service from a web app and it works fine. But within this service, I have to call another WCF sevice (also hosted on a windows service) located on Server2. The security credentials are… >>> More
wcf + Byte array through wcf service using MTOM

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, How to pass Byte array through wcf service using MTOM..please give me any sample >>> More
WCF 4.0 new enhancements over WCF 3.5

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
What are the new enhancements in WCF 4.0 and how easy would it be to upgrade existing WCF services to 4.0? >>> More
Reuse classes and objects for both WCF and non-WCF

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have several classes such as Order, Customer, etc. These classes serve for holding data and nothing more. I want to be able to reuse these classes in other projects in the future, but for some reason I don't quite understand, WCF forces me to decorate the data members with the [DataMember] attribute… >>> More
Summarizing client side asynchronous invocations in WCF/WCF Silverlight

as seen on Code Project - Search for 'Code Project'
Summarizing client side asynchronous invocations in WCF/WCF Silverlight. Introducing ServiceClient class. >>> More