Course Overview
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, formally known as Indigo) is Microsoft’s messaging platform for building service-oriented applications. Released with Windows Vista, and part of the .NET Framework 3.0, WCF unifies the programming model for how components and services communicate: be they distributed or not, accessible beyond firewalls, or available through interoperable interfaces. It’s the evolution of .NET Remoting, Enterprise Services, ASP.NET Web Services (ASMX) and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) in a single technology stack.

The WCF Master Class is five days of intense training. It will introduce participants to WCF as a technology for SOA, provide them with platform fundamentals, and then dive into core features. While the class shows students how to use WCF, it also focuses on the why and the rationale behind particular design decisions, often shedding light on poorly–documented and understood aspects. Participants will learn not only WCF programming, but also relevant design guidelines, best practices, and pitfalls. Read the full course description and outline..

Note: Students are required to bring their own laptops to class.

Who Should Attend
This course is ideally suited to any .NET developer or architect. Basic familiarity with C# 2.0 and system programming is recommended.

This is a unique opportunity to experience to be trained by IDesign, the world's leading experts in the subject. All of IDesign's scheduled classes on this topic for the rest of the year are already sold out .

Benefits and Learning Objectives
The objective of the class is not to just make you a WCF expert, but also a better software engineer.

The learning areas for the complete 5-day course are described in the Full Course Outline.

Don't miss on this unique opportunity to learn from the IDesign architects, who share their experience from numerous design projects and offer a profound insight on architecture, technology and its application.

Plus, receive valuable takeaways. The material presented includes IDesign’s original techniques and goes well beyond anything found in conventional sources. The class uses lab exercise and numerous (100+) conceptual demos and original tools and utilities. Attendees will find the demos useful not only in class but after it. The demos serve as a starting point for new projects, and as a rich reference and samples source.

Some comments from past participants:

“IDesign is unmatched in its ability to grasp and communicate the full range of information about WCF, from high-level concepts to low-level details, and everything in-between.”
“The IDesign WCF class original tolls, summaries and best-practice approaches have saved me probably years of wasted time.”
"The material is immediately applicable with significant productivity gains right out of the gate."

Read the Instructor Bio: Michelle Michelle Leroux Bustamante.

December 6-12, 2009       Vancouver, BC         $3250CAD   Register

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