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What is WCF and WF in .NET? What are its uses? How to start learning it?
Thanks for answers, they are great guideline for me. But I want to ask where should I use thins WCF service? In which scenario we can use it properly?
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The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), previously known as Indigo, is a free and open-source runtime and a set of APIs in the . NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications.
This article provides a summary of why ASP.NET Core gRPC is a good fit for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) developers who want to migrate to modern architectures and platforms.
As long as the Windows operating system continues to include . NET Framework, WCF will continue to function.
A WCF client is a local object that represents a WCF service in a form that the client can use to communicate with the remote service. WCF client types implement the target service contract, so when you create one and configure it, you can then use the client object directly to invoke service operations.
WCF = Windows Communication Foundation
A communication-oriented set of APIs and a "runtime" inside .NET to make two (or more) systems talk to one another. It basically replaces ASMX (ASP.NET web services), .NET remoting (object remoting) and a few other communication-related API's and products in the .NET space.
It can and should be used any time two systems (apps, machines) need to exchange information, basically. It's the foundation for all "connected systems".
Your ultimate destination is the MSDN Developer Center for WCF which has a ton of tutorials, articles, sample code, screen casts, videos and much more.
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From MSDN: "Windows Communication Foundation is... a part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for rapidly building service-oriented applications that communicate across the web and the enterprise."
White Paper on WCF
Good luck!
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