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Chunking and Streaming Custom Channel
(Last Updated: 2/21/2006)
This February CTP sample uses the flexibility of the layered channel model of WCF to “chunk” (fragment and reassemble) streamed messages as well as let you stream over an arbitrary transport.
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Communication Foundation Book
Programming "Indigo"
Programming "Indigo" leads you on a guided tour of the Beta 1 release of the Windows Communication Foundation.
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Communication Foundation Blogs
Windows Communication Foundation Blogs:
Ami Vora
Andy Milligan
Clemens Vasters
Craig McMurtry
Don Box
Doug Purdy
Ed Pinto
Jorgen Thelin
Kenny Wolf
Kirill Gavrylyuk
Mark Fussell
Mike Vernal
Nicholas Allen
Omri Gazitt
Ralph Squillace
Richard Turner
Shy Cohen
Sowmy Srinivasan
Steve Maine
Yasser Shohoud
Try It!
Want to try building a Windows Communication Foundation service? We make it easy for you!
Check Out the Labs
We've set up a couple of labs that work with the February CTP. Use them to find your way around everything you can do with WCF.
The Fundamentals of Programming the Windows Communication Foundation
, the first lab, walks you through building a service, building a client, changing how the service is hosted, and securing how the client and service communicate.
The second lab,
Reliable and Transacted Messaging with the Windows Communication Foundation
, builds off that knowledge and shows you how to make your service more resilient and reliable when things go wrong.
For a richer experience, install the February CTP and download and walk through the labs on your own machine.
Lab 1: The Fundamentals of Programming the Windows Communication Foundation
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Lab 2: Reliable and Transacted Messaging with the Windows Communication Foundation
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Try the Labs on MSDN
We're hosting these labs on MSDN, so you don't even have to install WCF to start building services. Just
log onto MSDN
, and you'll get a Remote Desktop session onto a machine that's already got the labs set up. It's the easiest way to start experimenting with WCF.
Installing
The
free
downloads below are everything you need for a great experience building services, and we've even got an
Installation Guide
that puts it all together for you.
» The WinFX February Community Technology Preview
This CTP includes the latest builds of Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation.
» The January Windows Communication Foundation Go Live Release
The Go Live License on this release allows you to use it in your production code, so you can start taking advantage of WCF even before it ships! This release only includes WCF and is only for deployment--if you're developing, use the
WinFX February CTP instead.
» The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK)
The SDK contains essential documentation, tools, and samples for the February WinFX CTP.
» Visual Studio Express
These lightweight editions of Visual Studio give you a streamlined developer environment.
» Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX
This extension pack offers the Visual Studio features you love with support for WCF, so you get IntelliSense on service code and XML configuration files, boilerplate templates, etc.