MEF vs WCF

.Net Add-on Programming
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Upcoming .NET API video tutorials will focus on the following:

  • Using contract names, import/export attributes and metadata to connect plugins to one another.
Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee155691(v=vs.110).aspx

It’s important to understand and take full potential of the MEF, so Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a bit outside the scope of the upcoming tutorials, but will be addressed in one tutorial sooner or later for folks wanting to use web services.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731082(v=vs.110).aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmfPmqMk9Xs

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Thanks for sharing, cannot wait to read your next post.

Great help for the people who is not CS background. Like me. :smiley:

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Check out this thread.

https://forum.visualcomponents.com/forums/topic/access-and-listen-to-events-in-vc-4-0-from-external-application-using-wcf/

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Hy,

is it possible to use gRPC or SignalR instead of WCF? → Cause WCF is not a future technology…

@Jay A tutorial or a working example using gRPC or SignalR would be awesome.

Regards
Feautre

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gRPC can be used. The SIMIT connection plugin uses it. Main thing is how to manage the time to live and heartbeat stuff.

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Hy,

and do know if SignalR could also be used instead of WCF?

What would you recommend to be “future save”?

Regards
Feature

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Never used SignalR, but I am bias when it comes to ASP.NET. That is, I avoid it. If it is easy to use and production ready and does everything you need then go for it.

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