WCF Course Content

• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• WCF Architecture
• Channels, Bindings
• Messages
• Serialization
• Contracts
• Faults
• Callbacks
• Behaviors
• Hosting
• Diagnostics
• Secure Communication
• Authorization
• Reliable Messaging
• Queues
• Transaction

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 WCF Essentials

WCF Overview
SOA Overview
WCF architecture
Essential WCF concepts:

• Addresses
• Contracts
• Bindings
• Endpoints
• Hosting
• Clients

Contracts

Designing and working with service contracts
Contract overloading and inheritance
Data Contracts
Serialization
Attributes
Versioning
Collections & Generics

Instance Management & Operation

Behaviours
Per-Call Services
Per-Session Services
Singleton Service
Demarcating Operations
Instance Deactivation
Throttling
Operations:

• Request-Reply
• One-Way
• Callback
• Events
• Streaming

Faults

Errors and exceptions
Fault Contracts
Error handling Extensions

Transactions

Transaction Propagation
Protocols and Managers
The Transaction Class
Declarative Programming
Explicit Transaction Programming
With Instance management
Callbacks

Security

Authentication & Authorization
Transfer Security
Scenario-Driven Approach

Concurrency Management

Service Concurrency Mode
Instance Management and Concurrency
Deadlocked Avoidance
Synchronization Context
Callbacks

Queued Services

Disconnected Services and Clients
Queued Vs Connected Calls

REST and POX 
Consuming WCF 
Ado.Net Data Services 
WCF RIA ServicesContracts

 

Windows Communication Foundation Training Course Outline

Introduction to WCF:

Overview of SOA; WCF architecture; Services, contracts, and addresses; Hosting; Bindings; Endpoints; Metadata exchange; Configuration; Implementing and consuming a service

Defining Service Contracts:

Mapping operations to methods; Overloading operations; Using inheritance; Best practices; Querying contracts; Message contracts; Implementing catch-all contracts

Defining Data Contracts:

What is a data contract? Serialization issues; Using data contract attributes; Versioning data contracts; Using data sets and tables; Using collections and generics

Defining Endpoints and Behaviors:

Defining multiple endpoints; Adding behaviors to services and endpoints; Calling non-WCF services; Managing service instances: per-call, per-session, and singleton; Throttling calls

Handling Faults:

Overview of service-level faults; Defining fault contracts; Handling exceptions at the client

Discovery:

Overview of WS-Discovery; Simple ad-hoc service discovery; Using scope when discovering endpoints; Service announcements

Routing:

Overview of RoutingService; Hosting the RoutingService; Configuring the RoutingService with message filters; Content-based routing; Protocol bridging; Error handling; Multicast routing

Managing Operations and Concurrency:

Overview of message exchange patterns (MEPs); Defining synchronous request-reply operations; Defining one-way operations; Defining asynchronous call-back operations; Service synchronization; Managing events; Streaming

Managing Transactions:

The role of transactions in SOA; Implementing transactional operations; Transaction management and propagation

Managing Security:

Security concepts; Binding security; Specifying credentials; Obtaining security information; Application scenarios: intranet, Internet, B2B, anonymous clients; Federated security and WIF  

Queued Services:

Brief Overview of queued services; 

RESTful Services:

Overview of REST; REST bindings in WCF; Implementing RESTful services; Consuming RESTful services; Caching

Workflow Services:

role of WF in WCF; Creating and hosting a workflow service; Managing workflow instances remotely; Using workflow activities

Messaging & Routing:

Brief Overview of messaging and routing;

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WCF Training: WCF 4.0 with C#

Course Number: WCF-202 Duration: 3 days view class outline WCF Training Overview Accelebrate's Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) training class teaches attendees the essential concepts of WCF and how to implement WCF services and clients. The course uses .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Location and Pricing Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us. In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals.  To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=category&page=winforms. WCF Training Prerequisites Students in this WCF 4.0 with C# training class should have a good working knowledge of building .NET applications with C#. Knowledge of building distributed systems and Web services will also be an advantage. Hands-on/Lecture Ratio This WCF training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting 20 minutes. WCF Training Materials All WCF 4.0 with C# training students receive more than 300 pages of comprehensive courseware and a related textbook. Software Needed on Each Student PC Windows XP, Vista, or 7 with at least 2GB RAM Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition or higher, with the latest service packs and with SQL Server Express enabled If you have purchased this class, please contact us for more detailed setup specifications WCF Training Objectives All attendees will learn how to: 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

WCF Training Outline 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 Addresses and Bindings Addresses Bindings Message Exchange Patterns Configuring Bindings Interoperating with ASMX Web Services Default Endpoints and Bindings Service Descriptions Multiple Endpoints Service Contracts Defining Service Contracts Defining Operation Contracts Services with Multiple Contracts Contract Inheritance Operation Overloading Instance Management Using Per-Call Services Using Per-Session Services Using Singleton Services Configuring Behaviors Data Contracts Implementing Data Contracts Mapping Data Contracts to XSD Schema Serialization Arrays and Generic Collections Enums Versioning Data Contracts More about Service Contracts Versioning Service Contracts Implementing Message Exchange Patterns Oneway Contracts Duplex Contracts Asynchronous Proxies Handling Errors Faults and Exceptions Generating and Handling Faults Fault Contracts Faults and Sessions WCF Security Security Aspects of Services Transport Security Message Security Certificates Credentials