WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Training Course

Overview

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) training class teaches participants the essential concepts of WCF and how to implement WCF services and clients. The course uses .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.

Objectives

At the end of WCF Training course, participants will:

• Learn what WCF is, and how it unites existing distribution mechanisms
• Gain an understanding of addressing and binding in WCF services
• Use service contracts and data contracts
• Implement WCF services and clients
• Perform configuration in both code and configuration files
• Understand faults and handle errors in WCF applications
• Implement security in WCF applications

Suggested Audience - This class is intended for experienced .NET, C# software developers. No knowledge of WCF is assumed.

Duration - 3 Days

Prerequisites - Good working knowledge of building .NET applications with C#. Knowledge of building distributed systems and Web services will also be an advantage.

Syllabus

1. WCF Essentials What is WCF? Address, Binding and Contract WCF Services and Clients WCF Service Libraries WCF Test Host and Test Client Self-Hosting WCF Clients Channel Factories Creating Proxies Configuration Files Metadata Standard Endpoints WCF Architecture	2. Addresses and Bindings Addresses Bindings Message Exchange Patterns Configuring Bindings Interoperating with ASMX Web Services Default Endpoints and Bindings Service Descriptions Multiple Endpoints
3. Service Contracts Defining Service Contracts Defining Operation Contracts Services with Multiple Contracts Contract Inheritance Operation Overloading	4. Instance Management Using Per-Call Services Using Per-Session Services Using Singleton Services Configuring Behaviors
5. Data Contracts Implementing Data Contracts Mapping Data Contracts to XSD Schema Serialization Arrays and Generic Collections Enums Versioning Data Contracts	6. More about Service Contracts Versioning Service Contracts Implementing Message Exchange Patterns Oneway Contracts Duplex Contracts Asynchronous Proxies
7. Handling Errors Faults and Exceptions Generating and Handling Faults Fault Contracts Faults and Sessions	8. WCF Security Security Aspects of Services Transport Security Message Security Certificates Credentials
9. Conclusion