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WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework - Fourth Edition

You're reading from   WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework - Fourth Edition Create and deploy complete solutions with WCF and Entity Framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784391041
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mike Liu Mike Liu
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Preface 1. Implementing a Basic HelloWorld WCF Service FREE CHAPTER 2. Hosting the HelloWorld WCF Service 3. Deploying the HelloWorld WCF Service 4. Debugging the HelloWorld WCF Service 5. Implementing a Three-layer WCF Service 6. Adding Database Support and Exception Handling 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 11. Building a RESTful WCF Service 12. WCF Security 13. Extending WCF Services Index

Attaching the debugger to a running WCF service process

Another common scenario while debugging is when attaching the debugger to a running WCF service. Suppose HelloWorldService is hosted and running outside Visual Studio, either in IIS or in a managed application such as HostCmdLineApp. In this case, the client application is also running outside of Visual Studio. At a certain point, you might want to start debugging the running WCF service. In this case, we can attach the debugger to the running WCF service process and start debugging it.

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Even if the WCF service is hosted inside Visual Studio, like with the HostExpressServer website, in certain environments, you might still not be able to step inside the service directly from the client application due to some debugging settings of your Visual Studio or IIS Express. In this case, you can use the same technique we will learn here to debug the service, just by attaching to the IIS Express process.

Running the WCF service and client applications...

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