WCF the Manual Way…the Right Way

Don't be lured by Visual Studio's promise of simple templates for creating WCF services; here's why you should plan to create your services manually.

by Miguel A. Castro

November 10, 2008

isual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.0 extensions for Visual Studio 2005 add several new templates that simplify creating .NET 3.0 items such as WPF forms, Workflows, and WCF services. Developers have used templates such as these since the beginning of time to create traditional application elements such as Windows Forms, Web Forms, and User Controls—so you might think that these templates are equally great. Unfortunately, creating WCF projects or project items come with more baggage than you can imagine. They also don't exactly promote some best practices when designing WCF services.

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WCF the Manual Way…the Right Way

Don't be lured by Visual Studio's promise of simple templates for creating WCF services; here's why you should plan to create your services manually.

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