WPF and WCF Summary

WPF is a .Net framework for creating Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). It's programming model is ver similar to that used for web pages, e.g., it uses markup, called Xaml for extensible application markup language, to define window contents layout; and it uses C# code-behind to define program reactions in response to user actions on the GUI.

Presentations, Diagrams, and Code examples:

• WPF Presentation, pptx
• Excellent tutorial website
• All WPF Demos
• C++ Repository with C# GUI

WCF is a .Net framework for creating communication channels between process and machines. It consists of a very well engineered set of types implementing HTTP, TCP, and Named Pipe channels. Note: all WCF code must be run as administrator in visual studio, and from the command line.

• WCF Presentation, pptx
• WCF tutorial website, WCF tutorial - Tutorialspoint
• Note: The Visual Studio wizard for WCF will only build WCF applications suitable for hosting in Internet Information Server (IIS), which is almost never what we want to do. Use these specific examples for templates, showing how to start:
  Basic Http Services, Ws* Http Services,
• WCF service instances
• All WCF Examples
• WCF message-passing channel
• WCF message-passing channel with file transfer