Programming Windows Communication Foundation -- Visual Studio Magazine

Programming Windows Communication Foundation

In this session, you''ll learn how the WCF architecture was designed, how it works, and most importantly--how you can leverage it to build service-oriented systems.

By Payam Shodjai
10/01/2005

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WCF provides developers with a unified, attribute- and config-based programming model for building distributed applications with maximum productivity. In this session, you'll learn how the WCF architecture was designed, how it works, and most importantly—how you can leverage it to build service-oriented systems.

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