ASP.NET Web API is a solid communications framework, and many applications can benefit from breaking free of IIS by including an embedded ASP.NET Web API server. In 2011, Microsoft released ASP.NET ...

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It's easy to test a service if you create it in a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Service Library -- just press F5 to bring up Visual Studio's Test Client. Testing isn't as easy if you create ...

Asynchronous programming allows you to execute tasks without holding up the execution flow or responsiveness of your application. By taking advantage of asynchronous methods to perform ...