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hey guys wondering if you can help me with a question, what are the differences in defining a service in WCF in comparison to SOAP or REST and what does REST bring that SOAP based services do not?

John Saunders
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G Gr
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    WCF supports SOAP as a protocol... are you actually looking for a comparison between WCF and classic ASMX web services? – M.Babcock Mar 11 '12 at 14:42

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wcf is the way of microsoft to describe a webservice. basically it is technology independent.

soap is a technology.

edit: soap = protocol wcf = technology.

so wcf is protocol independent.

mo.
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    Actually, it would be the other way around: SOAP is a (abstract) **protocol** (the `P` in its name stands for it), while WCF is the **concrete technology** that implements that protocol (and others) – marc_s Mar 11 '12 at 14:49
  • @Garrith: no, that question really doesn't make any sense at all .... – marc_s Mar 11 '12 at 14:54
  • yep u're right wcf is the technology, soap is a protocol.just used a wrong terminology – mo. Mar 11 '12 at 14:56