Screencast – WCF Service Reference Configuration

In this week’s installment of the WCF screencast series, CSD MVP Aaron Skonnard from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to configure your WCF service reference in Visual Studio 2008.

Aaron starts off from the previously created WCF service (see the screencast covering the creation of a WCF service) and WCF client (see the screencast covering the creation of a WCF client). Picks up where we left off, Aaron first updates the service reference to refresh the contract from the WCF service, and then demonstrates where the service reference is stored in the object browser and examines the actual code.

Aaron also demonstrates how to configure the service reference, if you want to customize the service reference - allowing you to change the address or access level, setting asynchronous behavior in your WCF client, and what type to use when the service encounters object collections.

As mentioned above, the WCF screencasts are a weekly series of Channel9 videos done in conjunction with the folks at PluralSight to help developers new to WF/WCF see how the technology is used. It’s worth noting that Aaron and the PluralSight folks are now offering online training courses (in a format similar to these screencasts) as a compliment to their catalog of instructor-led training courses covering Microsoft connected systems technologies. Their training topics range from .NET v3.5 (including an excellent WF/WCF Double Feature course) to WSS to BizTalk server.