WCF 4.5 Multi-Layer Services Development with Entity Framework
Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation
Web services: standards and specifications
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
WCF production and development environments
Implementing a Basic HelloWorld WCF Service
Creating the HelloWorld solution and project
Creating the HelloWorldService service contract interface
Implementing the HelloWorldService service contract
Hosting the WCF service in IIS Express
Creating a client to consume the WCF service
Hosting and Debugging the HelloWorld WCF Service
Hosting the HelloWorld WCF service
Debugging the HelloWorld WCF service
Implementing a WCF Service in the Real World
Creating a new solution and project using WCF templates
Creating the service interface layer
Adding Database Support and Exception Handling
Adding error handling to the service
LINQ: Language Integrated Query
Creating the test solution and project
Built-in LINQ extension methods and method syntax
LINQ query syntax and query expression
LINQ to Entities: Basic Concepts and Features
ORM: Object-Relational Mapping
Comparing LINQ to Entities with LINQ to Objects
Comparing LINQ to SQL with LINQ to Entities
Creating a LINQ to Entities test application
Querying and updating a database table
Viewing generated SQL statements
Deferred (lazy) loading versus eager loading
LINQ to Entities: Advanced Concepts and Features
Handling simultaneous (concurrent) updates
Applying LINQ to Entities to a WCF Service
Creating the LINQNorthwind solution
Modeling the Northwind database
Creating the business domain object project
Using LINQ to Entities in the data access layer
Creating the business logic layer
Creating the service interface layer
Testing the service with the WCF Test Client
Testing concurrency with our own client
Distributed Transaction Support of WCF
Creating the DistNorthwind solution
Hosting the WCF service in IIS
Testing the transaction behavior of the WCF service
Enabling distributed transaction support
Understanding the distributed transaction support of a WCF service
Testing the distributed transaction support of the WCF service
Tradeoffs of distributed transactions
Hosting a WCF service using Basic Authentication