WCF - anyone using it with any success?

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Robert Hope Wed, Feb 10 2010 9:37 PM

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Hey there,

So I've started my first major WCF project and I'm not sure I'm really seeing the benefits of it.  Anyone out there using it and liking it?  What are the major hurdles you've hit?

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Justin Couto Wed, Feb 10 2010 9:50 PM | In Reply To Robert Hope

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We are using it to consume REST services in several of our projects.  As a matter of fact, we use it to consume the Constant Contact REST API Service in the Softec site.  It is the glue that connects your user email newsletter prefences to the Softec mailing list.

In my opinion, it is a bit complicated at first, but after using it a bit it gets a little easier.  In an upcoming project we are going to be building both WCF Services for comsuption as well as WCF clients for consuming our services.  After that project I am sure I will be able to share a lot more on the topic.

Here is a good article on consuming a Flickr's REST service with WCF:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pedram/archive/2008/04/21/how-to-consume-rest-services-with-wcf.aspx

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Robert Hope Thu, Feb 11 2010 9:27 AM | In Reply To Justin Couto

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I am sure it works great for that.   Our issues so far have been around securing both sides of the communication as we talk between servers that are not on the same domain.  That's a total pain.  Starting to not make it worth not using a web service instead.