Looking for WCF resources?

• 02/06/2008
• 2 minutes to read

• Everything starts here at the MSDN Library - documentation, concepts, tutorials, primers, guideliness, best practices, troubleshooting, glossary and so on. Don't miss the samples under the "Samples (.NET Framework Technologies)" branch.
• Michele Leroux Bustamente delivered 15 webcasts on WCF last summer. Each webcast is 1 hour in length, touching on the fundamentals and practical approaches for your WCF development efforts:
  • MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom
• The Microsoft Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism Team Site has six workshops to try out. Check their blog too.
• The MSDN Magazine has some good articles, such as "WCF Essentials - What You Need To Know About One-Way Calls, Callbacks, And Events"
• Channel9 has a collection of videos worth a look.
• From Microsoft's netfx3.com site, there's a 45MB .NET Framework 3.0 training kit for WF, WCF and CardSpace you can download.
• PluralSight provide a downloadable 2-day crash course in Applied WCF
• For those that like the old school paper-based approach, "Windows Communication Foundation unleashed" is worth investing in.
• Some migration or comparison resources:
  • Visual Studio 2005 Technical Articles - From .NET Remoting to the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
  • WCF vs. Remoting (with DataSet)- performance comparison
  • "RPC" vs. Messaging in WCF
  • Windows Vista Technical Articles - Integrating Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation
  • Fire WorkflowEvents from WCF
  • Developing BizTalk adapters using WCF