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WCF 4.0 Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ to Entities

You're reading from   WCF 4.0 Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ to Entities Build SOA applications on the Microsoft platform with this hands-on guide updated for VS2010

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849681148
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mike Liu Mike Liu
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WCF 4.0 Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ to Entities
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. Introducing Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation 2. Implementing a Basic HelloWorld WCF Service FREE CHAPTER 3. Hosting and Debugging the HelloWorld WCF Service 4. Implementing a WCF Service in the Real World 5. Adding Database Support and Exception Handling to the RealNorthwind WCF Service 6. LINQ—Language Integrated Query 7. LINQ to Entities: Basic Concepts and Features 8. LINQ to Entities: Advanced Concepts and Features 9. Applying LINQ to Entities to a WCF Service 10. Distributed Transaction Support of WCF Index

Creating a new solution and project using WCF templates


We need to create a new solution for this example and add a new WCF project to this solution. This time we will use the built-in Visual Studio WCF templates for the new project.

Using the C# WCF service library template

There are a few built-in WCF service templates within Visual Studio 2010; two of them are Visual Studio WCF Service Library and Visual Studio WCF Service Application. In this section, we will use the service library template, and in the next section, we will use the service application template. Later, we will explain the differences between these two templates and choose the template that we are going to use for this chapter.

Follow these steps to create the RealNorthwind solution and the project using the service library template:

  1. Start Visual Studio 2010, select menu option File | New | Project…, and you will see the New Project dialog box. Do not open the HelloWorld solution from the previous chapter as, from this point...

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