Why is WCF so important
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I hear about WCF as a new tool which is able of implements the applications as Services, but after look for it`s funcionality I see that it cover some protocols, security, Error control, but endly it's functionality is no so different of traditional asmx Web Services, they offer some methods and one client can access such methods and collect some objects, so I don't see so much possibilities. please could you tell me something that I don't see in order to understand how WCF help to create RIA applications, that asmx services don't do Best Regards
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I hear about WCF as a new tool which is able of implements the applications as Services, but after look for it`s funcionality I see that it cover some protocols, security, Error control, but endly it's functionality is no so different of traditional asmx Web Services, they offer some methods and one client can access such methods and collect some objects, so I don't see so much possibilities. please could you tell me something that I don't see in order to understand how WCF help to create RIA applications, that asmx services don't do Best Regards
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I hear about WCF as a new tool which is able of implements the applications as Services, but after look for it`s funcionality I see that it cover some protocols, security, Error control, but endly it's functionality is no so different of traditional asmx Web Services, they offer some methods and one client can access such methods and collect some objects, so I don't see so much possibilities. please could you tell me something that I don't see in order to understand how WCF help to create RIA applications, that asmx services don't do Best Regards
One reason could be WCF is faster than ASMX webservice. A Performance Comparison of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) with Existing Distributed Communication Technologies[^]. Many more comparison could be found here.Comparing ASP.NET Web Services to WCF Based on Development[^]
Wonde Tadesse MCTS
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I hear about WCF as a new tool which is able of implements the applications as Services, but after look for it`s funcionality I see that it cover some protocols, security, Error control, but endly it's functionality is no so different of traditional asmx Web Services, they offer some methods and one client can access such methods and collect some objects, so I don't see so much possibilities. please could you tell me something that I don't see in order to understand how WCF help to create RIA applications, that asmx services don't do Best Regards
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I hear about WCF as a new tool which is able of implements the applications as Services, but after look for it`s funcionality I see that it cover some protocols, security, Error control, but endly it's functionality is no so different of traditional asmx Web Services, they offer some methods and one client can access such methods and collect some objects, so I don't see so much possibilities. please could you tell me something that I don't see in order to understand how WCF help to create RIA applications, that asmx services don't do Best Regards
In my opinion, the major WCF advantage is extensibility and flexibility. It isolates different aspects from the interface (Contract) that the service implements. Examples are: -How data is transfered: SOAP, TCP, JSON, MSMQ) -Security (authorization, authentication) -Performance tuning The framework had many implementations for the above aspects and you can implement your own, for example is an open source project that provide binding for transfer over SMTP (email). You can intercept the WCF pipeline to add some required behaviors or choose from already implemented one. That's why I'm a big fan of WCF :)
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