Joe Mayo - What's New in WCF 4.5

In this session you'll learn about some of WCF 4.5's compelling new features. The session will start with a short introduction for anyone not familiar with WCF or who would like a quick refresher. Then we'll discuss configuration and how it's been simplified with default values, validation, and tooltips. You'll also learn how to modify proxy settings to take advantage of the new Task-based Async Support. Joe will show you how WCF can generate a single WSDL file and how to use the new Contract-First support. There will be coverage of portable class libraries and HttpClient for communicating with WCF Rest services. You'll also learn about the new Web Sockets support for both Web pages and messaging.

Joe Mayo is an author, independent consultant, and instructor specializing in Microsoft .NET and has worked with .NET since July 2000. Joe has written 6 books and contributes to various magazines and on-line publications. He has been an active contributor to the .NET community for years, operating the C# Station Web site, authoring the LINQ to Twitter open source project, and speaking regularly at user groups and code camps. For his community contributions Microsoft has honored Joe with several Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Awards.