WCF Webcast - Finally

Yes, my webcast is done. Hard to believe, I know. But in fairness, it was a bigger task than I originally thought. After a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to discuss, I had to try to cut the content down to my 5 minute limit - a task that apparently was too much for me. One of the things that pained me to cut was an overview of some common exceptions and what to do to fix them. These are the basic exceptions that somebody new to WCF may not figure out right away. Things like mismatching bindings or calling the wrong port. I also didn't talk about the code generated by the svcutil.exe utility. Something I did leave in was the evil practice of defining endpoints and behaviors in code. Why take out the good and leave in the bad you ask? There are two reasons. First, I think most developers are more comfortable working with traditional languages as opposed to XML. Secondly, I think there will be a real appreciation for the configuration file when I begin refactoring. Of course, this pretty much sets me up for promising episode 2 sometime in the near future!

So here it is: a twelve minute introduction to creating a simple webservice using WCF while ignoring best practices.

Also, a special thank you goes out to Scott Zischerk for calling me out on NOT having my webcast done a lot earlier. Thaaaaanks, Scott!

WCF Webcast Episode 1