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.NET Web Services: WCF, Web API, gRPC, and SignalR

.NET Web Services: WCF, Web API, gRPC, and SignalR

Course 2601

Duration: 4 days
Labs: Yes
Language: English
Level: Advanced

.NET includes multiple web service frameworks that allow enterprise applications to gain online access to critical business data. In this .NET Web Services training course, you will programme WCF, ASP.NET Web API, gRPC and SignalR web services with C# to exploit each of the frameworks and maximise these technologies. These services connect isolated data to create powerful, distributed .NET applications.

.NET Web Services Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online

.NET Web Services Course Information

In this course, you will:

Create Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services
Develop RESTful web services with ASP.NET Web API.
Update to the newest .NET Core technology with CoreWCF.
Create interoperable services with protobuf technology using gRPC.
Harness real-time web services with SignalR.
Connect MVC, WPF, and HTML5 browser clients to .NET services.

Prerequisites

Experience with .NET programming in C# at the level of:
- Course 419, Introduction to C# Training
You should know how to:
- Write classes containing methods and properties
- Design and implement programmatic interfaces
- Have implemented data access in .NET using Entity Framework
- Craft user interfaces for web or Windows applications with ASP.NET, Windows Forms, or WPF

.NET Web Services Course Outline

Module 1: Web Services Overview

Web service support in .NET

The spectrum of .NET service toolkits
WCF and coreWCF
ASP.NET Web API services
gRPC services
SignalR real-time services

Module 2: Designing Operation-Oriented Services

Programming WCF services

Creating the service interface and implementation
Applying attributes to the service and operations
Implementing data contracts explicitly and implicitly
Employing fault contracts to report service errors

Accessing and hosting WCF services

Connecting ASP.NET MVC and WPF clients to WCF
Adding service references to client applications
Coding clients without adding service references
Hosting WCF services with IIS and Windows services

Configuring WCF services

Authoring service and client configuration
Leveraging bindings for interoperability and performance
Harnessing service and endpoint behaviors
Simplifying configuration under .NET 4.x

Module 3: Migrating to .NET Core 6+

Upgrading WCF Services and clients with CoreWCF

Installing and launching the .NET Upgrade Assistant
Creating and migrating WCF Web Services to CoreWCF
Connecting .NET 6+ client apps with CoreWCF packages

Module 4: Constructing Resource-Oriented Services

Creating ASP.NET Web API services

Programming the API controller
Mapping CRUD operations to HTTP verbs
GET
POST
PUT / PATCH / MERGE
DELETE
Connecting service URLs to operations with routing

Web API clients and hosting

Accessing Web API services from .NET, web and mobile clients
Retrieving XML, JSON and Atom formatted data
Hosting Web API services in IIS and custom applications

Constructing OData services with Web API

Returning IQueryable from controller actions
Querying OData service data with $select, $filter and $orderby

Exploiting Web API service features

Integrating Web API services with Entity Framework
Automating service documentation with help pages
Validating with model binding and data annotations

Module 5: Creating modern interoperable Web Services

Generating a gRPC service under .NET Core 6+

Creating a gRPC project
Specifying the API with protobuf file and proto3 language
Generating a gRPC client from the matching protobuf file

Module 6: Building Real-Time Services

Architecting ASP.NET SignalR services

Replacing polling with server push
Establishing candidate applications for SignalR
Chat
Monitoring
Dashboard
Collaboration

Coding SignalR services

Developing the hub class
Broadcasting to all connected clients
Segmenting callbacks with groups

Interacting with SignalR services from browser clients

Integrating SignalR with jQuery
Responding to SignalR broadcast messages
Managing the connection life cycle

Module 7: Securing .NET Web Services

WCF service security

Selecting a secure binding
Comparing transport and message security
Authorising service operations with principal permissions

ASP.NET Web API security

Implementing individual account security with OAuth
Integrating Web API with Forms authentication
Enabling secure access to services with Authorise

Get This Course £2,095

4-day instructor-led training course
After-course instructor coaching benefit

Include dates with afternoon start times

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Aug 12 - 15 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM BST

London or Virtual
Sep 2 - 5 2:00 PM - 9:30 PM BST

New York or Virtual
Nov 18 - 21 2:00 PM - 9:30 PM GMT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
Dec 2 - 5 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM GMT

London or Virtual
Feb 10 - 13 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM GMT

London or Virtual
Mar 3 - 6 2:00 PM - 9:30 PM GMT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
May 5 - 8 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM BST

London or Virtual

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.NET Web Services Course FAQs

RESTful Web Services in ASP.NET is a web service framework that allows enterprise application to gain online access to critical business data.

This course uses .NET along with WCF, ASP.NET Web API, and SignalR web services with C# or VB frameworks.

Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms which is why we offer convenient online training to meet your needs wherever you want. This course is available in class and live online.