WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework Fourth Edition -- Table of Contents -- WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework Fourth Edition -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Instant updates on new Packt books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Implementing a Basic HelloWorld WCF Service -- The basic WCF concepts -- Address -- Binding -- Contract -- The service contract -- The operation contract -- The message contract -- The data contract -- The fault contract -- Endpoint -- Behavior -- Hosting -- Channels -- Metadata -- WCF environments -- Creating the HelloWorld solution and project -- Defining the HelloWorldService service contract interface -- Implementing the HelloWorldService service contract -- Hosting the WCF service in IIS Express -- Creating the host application -- Testing the host application -- IIS Express -- Modifying the Web.config file -- Starting the host application -- Creating a client to consume the WCF service -- Creating the client application project -- Generating the proxy and configuration files -- Customizing the client application -- Running the client application -- Setting the service application to autostart -- Summary -- 2. Hosting the HelloWorld WCF Service -- WCF hosting options -- Hosting the service in a managed application -- Hosting the service in a console application -- Consuming the service hosted in a console application -- Hosting the service in a Windows service -- Hosting the service in IIS using the HTTP protocol.

Preparing the folders and files -- Starting IIS -- Enabling WCF services on Windows 8 -- Creating the IIS application -- Starting the WCF service in IIS -- Testing the WCF service hosted in IIS using the HTTP protocol -- Hosting the service in IIS using the TCP protocol -- Benefits of hosting a WCF service using the TCP protocol -- Preparing the folders and files -- Enabling the TCP WCF activation for the host machine -- Creating the IIS application -- Testing the WCF service hosted in IIS using the TCP protocol -- Summary -- 3. Deploying the HelloWorld WCF Service -- Publishing the HelloWorldService from Visual Studio -- Publishing from Visual Studio to an on-premise computer -- Creating the publishing project -- Publishing the HelloWorldService -- Testing the service -- Publishing to the cloud -- Creating the profile to be published -- Creating the cloud website -- Publishing the HelloWorldService to the cloud website -- Testing the service -- Publishing the HelloWorldService using a deployment package -- Creating the package -- Installing the package -- Testing the service -- Summary -- 4. Debugging the HelloWorld WCF Service -- Debugging a WCF service from a client application -- Starting the debugging process -- Debugging the client application -- Stepping into the WCF service -- Directly debugging the WCF service -- Starting the WCF service in the debugging mode -- Starting the client application -- Attaching the debugger to a running WCF service process -- Running the WCF service and client applications in a non-debugging mode -- Debugging the WCF service hosted in IIS -- Debugging a WCF service hosted in the cloud -- Enabling debugging of the service -- Attaching to the cloud service process -- Debugging the service -- Summary -- 5. Implementing a Three-layer WCF Service -- Why layer a service?.

Creating a new solution and project using the built-in WCF service template -- Creating the WCF service project -- Creating the service interface layer -- Creating service interfaces -- Creating data contracts -- Implementing the service contracts -- Modifying the App.config file -- Testing the service using the WCF Test Client -- Testing the service using your own client -- Adding a business logic layer -- Adding the business domain object project -- Adding the business logic project -- Calling the business logic layer from the service interface layer -- Testing the WCF service with a business logic layer -- Summary -- 6. Adding Database Support and Exception Handling -- Adding a data access layer -- Creating the data access layer project -- Calling the data access layer from the business logic layer -- Preparing the database -- Adding the connection string to the configuration file -- Querying the database using GetProduct -- Testing the GetProduct method -- Updating the database using UpdateProduct -- Testing the UpdateProduct method -- Adding error handling to the service -- Adding a fault contract -- Throwing a fault contract exception -- Updating the client program to catch the fault exception -- Changing the exception options -- Testing the fault exception -- Summary -- 7. LINQ to Entities - Basic Concepts and Features -- LINQ to Entities -- Creating a LINQ to Entities test application -- Creating the data model -- Installing Entity Framework -- Adding a LINQ to Entities item to the project -- The generated LINQ to Entities classes -- Querying and updating a database table -- Querying records -- Updating records -- Inserting records -- Deleting records -- Running the program -- Viewing the generated SQL statements -- Viewing the SQL statements using ToString -- Viewing the SQL statements using SQL Profiler -- Deferred execution.

Checking deferred execution with SQL Profiler -- Deferred execution for aggregation methods -- Deferred execution for aggregation methods within sequence expressions -- Deferred execution - lazy loading versus eager loading -- Lazy loading by default -- Eager loading with the Include method -- Comparing lazy loading and eager loading -- Joining two tables -- Querying a view -- Summary -- 8. LINQ to Entities - Advanced Concepts and Features -- Calling a stored procedure -- Mapping a stored procedure to a new entity class -- Adding a stored procedure to the model -- Querying a stored procedure -- Mapping a stored procedure to an existing entity class -- Handling simultaneous (concurrent) updates -- Detecting conflicts using a data column -- The Concurrency Mode property -- Adding another entity data model -- Writing the test code -- Testing the conflicts -- Turning on concurrency verification -- Detecting conflicts using a version column -- Adding a version column -- Modeling the Products table with a version column -- Writing the test code -- Testing the conflicts -- Transaction support -- Implicit transactions -- Explicit transactions -- Summary -- 9. Applying LINQ to Entities to a WCF Service -- Creating the LINQNorthwind solution -- Installing Entity Framework -- Modeling the Northwind database -- Creating the business domain object project -- Using LINQ to Entities in the data access layer -- Adding a reference to the BDO project -- Creating GetProduct in the data access layer -- Creating UpdateProduct in the data access layer -- Creating the business logic layer -- Creating the service interface layer -- Testing the service with the WCF Test Client -- Testing concurrency with our own client -- Hosting the WCF service in IIS -- Creating the test client -- Implementing the GetProduct functionality -- Implementing the UpdateProduct functionality.

Testing the GetProduct and UpdateProduct operations -- Testing concurrent updates manually -- Testing concurrent updates automatically -- Summary -- 10. Distributed Transaction Support of WCF -- Creating the DistNorthwind solution -- Hosting the WCF service in IIS -- Testing the transaction behavior of the existing WCF service -- Creating a client to call the WCF service sequentially -- Testing the sequential calls to the WCF service -- Wrapping the WCF service calls in one transaction scope -- Testing the multiple database support of the WCF service -- Configuring a remote database on a remote machine -- Creating a new WCF service -- Calling the new WCF service in the client application -- Testing the WCF service with two databases -- Enabling distributed transaction support -- Enabling transaction flow in service binding -- Enabling transaction flow on the service hosting the application -- Modifying the service operation contract to allow a transaction flow -- Modifying the service operation implementation to require a transaction scope -- Understanding the distributed transaction support of a WCF service -- Testing the distributed transaction support of the new WCF service -- Configuring the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator -- Configuring the firewall -- Propagating a transaction from the client to the WCF service -- Testing the distributed transaction support with one database -- Testing the distributed transaction support with two databases -- Trade-offs of distributed transactions -- Summary -- 11. Building a RESTful WCF Service -- SOAP versus REST -- WCF REST versus the ASP.NET Web API -- Creating the RESTNorthwind solution -- Creating the RESTful service -- Defining RESTful service contracts -- Implementing the RESTful service -- Modifying the configuration file -- Testing the RESTful service in a browser.

Testing the RESTful WCF service with a C#/XAML client.