Intro

Learning

• DebugMode's: What is a channel in WCF?
• Code Magazine: WCF The Manual Way - The Right Way
• Setting up WCF over ASB example

Source Code

• WCF System.ServiceModel.Channels source code
  • On GitHub: https://github.com/Microsoft/referencesource/tree/master/System.ServiceModel/System/ServiceModel/Channels
  • Cross-reference: https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#System.ServiceModel/System/ServiceModel/Channels/ServiceChannel.cs

Quick Tips and Notes

• WCF represents all message types with the Message class (System.ServiceModel.Channels).

• The Message object generates a SOAP envelope which consists of a payload body and an optional number of headers.
• In the CommunicationObject, there are 5 events that fire only once after the state machine has advanced into the new state.

Cleaning Up

• Dzone's: Consuming Services with WCF

Channels

Duplex Channels

• Duplex Services
• How To: Create A Duplex Contract
• .NET Doc: DuplexChannelFactory<TChannel>

Exception And Fault Handling

• Creating Fault Messages

Serialization

Good references to read on this topic

• Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation
• Using the XmlReader Class with C#

States

• Understanding State Changes

Source: Microsoft .NET WCF Documentation: Understanding State Changes

Debugging

• Stackoverflow: 
  • How to turn on WCF tracing? 
  • How to debug WCF Service, 
  • WCF logging/tracing and activity id propagation using log4net or NLog
• .NET WCF Doc: Configuring Tracing and Configuring Message Logging
• 4 simple steps to enable tracing in WCF

References

• WCF Extensibility – IParameterInspector

All pages under this topic

• WCF For Beginners - Part 1: The Basics
• WCF For Beginners - Part 2: Creating A WCF Service
• WCF For Beginners - Part 3: Configuring A Service's Endpoint Address
• WCF For Beginners - Part 4: Configuring A Service's Binding
• WCF For Beginners - Part N: References
• WCF For Beginners - Part 5: Creating Temporary Certificates
• WCF For Beginners - Part 6: Binding An SSL Certificate To A Port
• WCF For Beginners - Part 7: Debugging HTTPS Connections
• WCF For Beginners - Part 8: Requesting Client Use Authentication
• WCF For Beginners - Part 9: Configuring The WCF Test Client Tool
• WCF For Beginners - Part 10: Using Process Monitor To Debug WCF Test Client Tool Configuration