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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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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

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

Creating a LINQ to Entities test application


Now, let's start exploring LINQ to Entities with some examples. We will apply the skills we are going to learn in this chapter and in Chapter 8, LINQ to Entities – Advanced Concepts and Features, to the data access layer of our WCF service, so that from the WCF service we can communicate with the database using LINQ to Entities instead of the raw ADO.NET data adapter.

First, we need to create a new project to test LINQ to Entities. Just follow these steps to create this test application:

  1. Start Visual Studio, select the menu options FILE | New | Project…, and you will see the New Project dialog box. Do not open the LayerNorthwind solution (from the previous chapter), as in this chapter we will create a completely new solution and save it in a different location.

  2. In the New Project window, specify Visual C# | Console Application as the project template, TestLINQToEntities as the project name, and C:\SOAwithWCFandEF\Projects\ as the location. Make sure...

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