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I’ve recently published a free screencast on how to create a custom context channel in workflow services.  .NET 3.5 supports managing context in a SOAP header or HTTP cookie, but that may not be where your context information lives. In this screencast I show an example of a custom channel that enables...

I’ve recently published a free screencast on how to manage conversations in workflow services.  Conversations are special cases of context management in workflow services requiring extra information to correctly route messages. In this screencast, I show you when you need to think about conversations...

I’ve recently published a free screencast on how to manage context information when using workflows, and the Send activity, to interact with workflow services.      When using workflows as clients to workflow services, the Send activity is used to manage context on the client. This screencast...

I’ve recently published a free screencast on how to manage context information when using a .NET client to interact with workflow services.    This screencast shows how to manage context in .NET applications to enable multiple calls on the same proxy for different workflow instances, or to...

Over the past several months, I've been posting numerous screencasts on the WCF 3.5 REST programming model, the WCF REST Starter Kit (both Preview 1 and Preview 2 ), and their various features. I thought it might be helpful to provide readers with a consolidated index at this point: WCF 3.5 REST...

I recently published a new screencast video on Consuming REST Services with HttpClient . This screencast shows you how to use the new HttpClient API (found in the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2) to build a Twitter client application against the Twitter REST API. It's a more complete example that...

I just posted a new screencast video on Getting Started with the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 . This one shows how to download the starter kit from CodePlex, what it contains, and how to get started. This screencast shows you how to get started with the new version of the WCF REST Starter Kit (Preview...

I just posted a new screencast video on Getting Started with the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 . This one shows how to download the starter kit from CodePlex, what it contains, and how to get started. This screencast shows you how to get started with the new version of the WCF REST Starter Kit (Preview...

The WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 has finally given me the client-side REST API I've be longing for in .NET. It's called HttpClient, and it makes programming against REST services very easy from within any .NET application. I want to show you how easy it really is... If this code sample is worth...

I recently published a free video on Ajax-enabling your WCF services . This screencast guides the viewer through the process of Ajax-enabling your WCF services, allowing you to easily consume them from within your Ajax client pages. Check out our growing collection of free .NET screencasts and videos...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up. In this session, I go into detail about how to use one of the more powerful control flow activities in the framework. I show how to use data to drive control flow with the replicator, how to control the execution style...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up. In this session, I follow up on my previous screencast where I covered using SQL Tracking Services and dive into how Tracking Profiles work and how you can create them in code. I also showcase a couple of sample applications...

In this short screencast , you'll continue to learn about building RESTful services with WCF 3.5. Be sure to check out our growing collection of screencasts on the Pluralsight screencast page . Previous WCF Screencasts ( RSS for all posts in the series ) Creating your first WCF service Creating your...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up. In this session, I discuss the basics for setting up the SQL Tracking Service in Windows WF and how to begin tracking basic information. In a subsequent screencast I will cover how to create tracking profiles which...

In this short screencast , you'll learn how to build a RESTful service with WCF, converting a previously created WCF service to support a RESTful interface. Along the way you'll see how to leverage the new System.ServiceModel.Web programming model introduced in WCF 3.5. Be sure to check out our...

I recently published a free video on Configuring MEX endpoints on WCF Services . In this short WCF screencast , you'll learn how to configure your WCF services with Metadata Exchange (MEX) endpoints - both over HTTP and TCP - allowing consumers to automatically retrieve metadata from your services...

I recently published a free video on Configuring WCF services with behaviors . In this WCF screencast , I'll show you how to configure WCF services with behaviors, which will allow you to customize different aspects of the runtime execution "behavior". Check out our growing collection of...

In this WCF screencast , I'll show you how to configure bindings on your WCF endpoints, which will allow you to customize the precise communication details you wish to support on your WCF services. Be sure to check out our growing collection of short screencasts on Pluralsight's screencast landing...

I recently published a free video on Configuring bindings in WCF . In this WCF screencast , I'll show you how to configure bindings on your WCF endpoints, which will allow you to customize the precise communication details you wish to support on your WCF services. Check out our growing collection...

In this screencast, I show you how to host WCF services within traditional Windows services . This is often necessary when you cannot use IIS/ASP.NET hosting for whatever reason or when you don't want to use message-based activation. In certain scenarios you want to ensure that your services are...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up as of last week. In this session, I discuss the basics of creating custom leaf activities including how to use Dependency Properties to make your properties bindable. Endpoint Screencasts - Creating custom activities...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up as of last week. In this session, I discuss the basics of using the Send activity to consume a service from a workflow using WCF. I extend the workflow created in the previous screencast to consume a service that authorizes...

As I explained in my Introduction to "Oslo" , the "Oslo" modeling platform comes with three main components: the repository, the modeling language (M), and the modeling tool ("Quadrant"). M is probably the hardest of the three to get your head around. One of the reasons...

My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up as of this morning. In this session, I discuss the basics of using WF to implement an operation in a WCF service, or using WF as the implementation of a WCF service by using the Receive activity. I show you how to use...

In this week’s installment of the WCF screencast series, you'll learn how to configure WCF service references in Visual Studio 2008 . First, I'll show you how to update a service reference after the service developer makes changes, and then I'll show you where the service reference is stored...