Pro WCF 4 - My latest book published

What does this book contain


The release of .NET 4.0 brought a wide range of new functionality to WCF. Developers and Architects with experience using WCF 3.5 or earlier who want to be able to apply this new functionality to their application will benefit greatly from the discussions and code samples in this book. This book is also a great resource for application developers and architects new to SOA or just new to the core concepts of WCF.

For more info, you can visit on APress site with (http://apress.com/book/view/9781430233688) , or books selling sites like Amazon at (http://www.amazon.com/Pro-WCF-Practical-Microsoft-Implementation/dp/1430233680)

LinkedIn Group for Windows Communication Foundation

LinkedIn is the one of the best Professional site and strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts. There are lot of technical groups and I personally follow quite a number of them. However, there was no good group for Windows Communication foundation and other connected systems. I created a group for windows communication foundation and can be joined at
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3460246&trk=anet_ug_grppro
(wish I could have friendly urls for linkedIn groups)

What this group is all about ?

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft’s unified framework for building reliable,
secure, transacted, and interoperable distributed applications. WCF represents a new step
in distributed programming for developers using the .NET Framework.This group is for all those professionals interested in delivering the next generation of distributed application using Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation
 
Join me in LinkedIn at http://in.linkedin.com/in/nishithpathak
 

WCF error "No end point listening at net.pipe://server name:port/service name that could accept the message

Often, While having client and server communication via WCF, one of the typical error that is received is no endpoint is listening. I am blogging the error and resolution for the benefits of all blog readers

Error : There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://servername:portnumber/ that could accept the message.This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.
Resolution:
If you get above error, ensure to follow the below steps
Step 1. Ensure you are pinging the server only if it is started. Normally, this is a typical issue while accessing the service, client pings the server even if it is not started.
Step 2. Ensure that config file in both client and server does not have different address.
Step 3. netpipe/named pipe only works if client and server resides in same machine.Use netTcp binding incase they are not in same machine or if there is any chances in future that both of them does not resides in same machine.

Also, ensure that your IP is been correctly accesed via the client. Normally, this does not happen if you are using load Balancing techniques provider the hardware components. If still the problems does not solve, email me :)

WCF REST Starter Kit Now Available

if you have seen noticed about whats new in .NET 4.0 for WCF. One of the things that have been brought into the attention is the support for creating RESTful Services. So does that mean that in order to create RESTful services via WCF, one need to wait for .NET 4.0. Well.. Not really.. if you are working on .NET 3.5 SP 1, then you got a WCF REST Starter Kit. It is available for download on CodePlex. This kit simplifies the development of REST services by adding new features and guidance tightly integrated with ASP.NET and the existing WCF release in .NET 3.5 SP1. Click here for Learning Resouce on WCF REST Starter Kit