CSE681 - Software Modeling and Analysis

Lecture #14 - Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

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Office Hours:Instructor & TAs

Content:

1. The Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
2. Project #3, Project #4 Project #5
3. Organizing Principles for Project #5 - a "chalk talk".
4. Performance analysis for Project #5 - some more "chalk talk".
5. Windows Communication Foundation Presentation:
   
   WCF Presentation
   
6. Microsoft Examples with some small edits:
   
   WCF Self Host Service
   Microsoft's calculator service, used in many of the MS WCF Samples
   WCF Instances
   Show how to use each of the three server activation models using Microsoft Calculator service.
   WCF Message Concurrency
   Explore effects of message concurrency using Microsoft Calculator service.
   WCF Message Passing
   Illustrate use of message contract with Microsoft Calculator service.
   
7. Fawcett examples:
   
   Hand Crafted WCF Services - BasicHttp
   Hand Crafted WCF Services - WSHttp
   Builds services without using the WCF wizard. Both declarative and programmatic construction of channels are illustrated.
   WCF Wizard-based Service
   This project shows you what the C# WCF wizard generates. It's probably easier to start from one of my projects.
   WCF Message Passing Communication
   Show how to build a simple, effective message-passing system using WCF data contract.
   WCF Peer-To-Peer Communication
   This example uses both WCF and WPF to build a chat like facility.
   Timed File Streaming Service
   Illustrates how to use streaming (inherently chunks) of binary files.
   Self-Hosted Strings Service
   Demonstrate service sending strings by value, reference, and receiving out string.
   
8. MSDN Getting Started with WCF Tutorial
   

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