REST WCF Service in ASP.NET (Udemy.com)
Learn how to build a RESTful WCF Service in an ASP.NET web application and call its methods with JQuery.
Created by: Patrick God
Last updated June 2016
What you will learn
- Build a RESTful WCF Service from the ground up
- Set up the Web.config and all necessary attributes and references
- Make GET & POST HTTP Requests with JQuery & AJAX
- Use and serialize custom classes with the WCF Service
How it compares
Against the other 116 rated Udemy courses in ASP.NET on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 47% of them
- Reviews2,237#31 of 117 by number of reviews
- Length0.7 hoursshorter than 100% of them
- Last updatedJune 2016earlier than 96% of them
Course Description
In this course you will learn how to build a RESTful WCF Service in an ASP.NET web application. You will use Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition, which is completely free. Whether you are new to WCF services or already have built a SOAP service and need to convert it to a REST service doesn't matter, you will build your new service from the ground up. What you already should have is a little experience in C#. Having some knowledge in JQuery and building web applications in general might help, but is not a must.
By the end of this course, you will be able to build the REST WCF Service by yourself, make GET & POST HTTP Requests with JQuery & AJAX and use your own custom classes with your new web service.
All source codes are available for download, of course.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
2,237 Reviews
Patrick God
Writing code is what drives me. Creating software out of nothing is a skill I truly am passionate about and I want to share this astonishing feeling of making stuff with you.
I started to learn several programming languages as a teenager and always wanted to create software ever since I first played a game on a Commodore 64. During my bachelor and master studies, I joined various companies, made desktop and web applications as well as video games professionally and was always anxious to improve my craft, which I have been doing for more than 15 years now.
For me, the most important part of writing and teaching code is to have fun. If certain ways work for you and the results are maintainable and you have fun with your results, you're doing it the right way. I don't care if you always use your keyboard or switch to the mouse from time to time, so-called best practices are not always best or practical, I want to teach you to develop software in a way it works in the industry, a way it works for you and in a way that makes you happy.
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Reviews
By Antonio Marcos Fernandes de Souza on 7/12/2019
Hi Patrick! Man, I did not know WCF but I know other concepts around Microsoft Technology and I needed to start to see WCF principles. So, thank you very much to help me to get that new knowledge. I know, there is much more to learn but I think that I start in a good place. Thank you! Fast and effective to a good start.
By George K.Bikos on 11/7/2018
Short and Detailed Course with a few Examples that can be really useful. I hope it will be useful in my career as a developer. P.S Instructor's head did not move from the small circular video window at all. That is one steady head.
By Anbhu on 9/7/2018
The copy pasted stuffs in web.config and while creating service at the begining could have been explained in detail as I am completely new to wcf just tried to copy the same what you have pasted. Other than this, everything was clean and clear. Thank you so much.
By Vinayak Khavasi on 4/1/2018
So far it is going on well, however it is just practical implementation only, no much in depth explaination is provided. I hope in later chapters I may see them. Oh its too less to know for the price paid.
By Bill Landis on 3/12/2018
This is a FREE course so i did not expect it to be "indepth", but it was perfectly in-depth enough for me to continue to build upon given my programming experience with a bit of web service, ajax and javascript. If you are a beginning programmer, you are NOT going to understand what you just did. You should take a beginning course in these technologies first then come back here. GREAT JOB PATRICK!! Thank you!!
By Jesús Antonio López Wayas on 2/6/2018
En general el curso es introductorio para todas las personas que necesitan los primeros pasos para empezar a desarrollar en la creación de los WCF, en general todo bien y si sería bueno un poco más de detalle en los tipos de webServices
By Konstantin Vishnevsky on 11/13/2017
While this course is great to understand how to write a REST WCF Service, it does not explain the basics of HOW the Web Services work. This is more of watch and try to keep up type of course. Of course, this being a free course I should not look in a gift horse's mouth, so thank you Patrick, I did learn some good material!
By Jim on 1/31/2017
It is a solid introduction to REST WCF Services. It's extremely helpful because it's technology that's used in the enterprise and applicable to the workplace. My one complaint is that I just wish somethings like DataContracts and web.config were explained a little bit more.
By Diego Fernando Hidalgo Subia on 11/22/2016
It's an excellent course!! very well explained. Then only observation I have is, I know it's a free and simple course, but maybe a little bit more explanation on the web.config file for the REST WCF service, especially because this file makes the difference between SOAP or REST.
By Gökhan Çevik on 8/25/2016
I am so grateful , this tutorial was so helpful for me. I have questions marks in my head at some points. It's working in local side. I thought of a scenario like that I have a website and ı created wcf and then I published it to my hosting provider. I wrote any method inside of my wcf. How to reach or send values this methods externally any apps ? This apps it can be unity3d , xamarin apps , windows forms and so on. And one more question :) This wcf service will work until hosting server shutdown automatically ? or I need something for start it ?
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