net.pipe vs. net.tcp vs. http Bindings

Question

I'm new to WCF and would like to know the differences/advantages/limitations/etc of each of the following bindings:

net.pipe net.tcp http 

Supporting scenarios on when to use each binding and other examples would be appreciated.

Answer 1

While not great for providing specific usage examples, here is a link from MSDN which lists all the features for the bindings.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730879.aspx

Here is a decent flow chart that can help choosing between them as well.

_{Source: http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/dennis/archive/2006/12/01/WCF-Binding-decision-chart.aspx}

Here is a good overall article I've used in the past.

http://mkdot.net/blogs/dejan/archive/2008/03/31/wcf-binding-decision.aspx (or here in the wayback machine if the link no longer works for you).