VC# WCF REST Service Template

In my endeavour to give WCF REST based service developers a jump start on Express editions of Visual Studio, i have written this extension. This extension supports only Visual C# 2010 Express Edition.

This Visual Studio extension is basically a project template which when selected will jump start your WCF REST Service development.

This project template is a Self Hosted WCF REST Service application. Meaning this has a console based host which will host the WCF REST service. The project has 4 parts:

• WCF REST Service Contract
  • This project houses the wcf contract used for the example
• WCF REST Service
  • This project houses the implementation of the contract
• WCF REST Service Host
  • This project houses the host which will host the service
• WCF REST Servie Client
  • This project houses the client which will connect to the rest service.

I have targeted onlt Visual C# 2010 Express Edition. This is my endeavour to support the community which may be using this wonderful free edition of Visual Studio.

To know more about how to use this extension please visit by blog post : http://kashyapas.com/2011/04/self-hosted-wcf-rest-service-template-for-vc-express/

Please give it a spin and let me know of any feedback/comment.