WCF
I am not sure about you, but I am those person who are very easy to be confused when other talking to me which a lot of new tech buzz word.
One of the most common technology term I start to hear again and again is WCF. Honestly, I always confuse on what WCF really stands for. Is it
- Window Communication framework?
- Web Communication framework?
- etc.
Actually, WCF stands for Windows Communication Foundation. But what WCF is about? I recently read an article from the MSDN magazine, I found that WCF is not as complicate as I imagine.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/08/01/WCFinOrcas/default.aspx
Why WCF become more and more common? After reading the article, I found that WCF basically is a tech which help you to write app which need to communicate with another app in different platform or language. To simplify it, it set a standard on how message should be communicate (like http), and it provide a lot of useful functions for programmer to use it.
After reading the article, I would highly recommend you to read it too. Even you may not be interested in WCF, but the paragraph which explain how http work may refresh your memory on how something great like internet actually construct with several simply api and a standard.
