Another WCF in VS 2012 Express Question

[DaveJ]

Not sure if anyone here uses this environment, but I'm still just trying to teach myself.

I noticed that in every example that I come across, after they create a WCF project, the web.config contains a <services> section in the <system.ServiceModel> section.

OTOH, whenever I create a WCF project, I see a <behaviors> section instead o <services>.

This makes it a little confusing when trying to follow tutorials and I was wondering if something has changed in 2012.

[ChromeFoundry]

1. The .config files support IntelliSense when edited in VS

Their XML Schema Definition is defined in local files:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Xml\Schemas\DotNetConfig*.xsd

depending on which version of the framework you are developing against.

[DaveJ]

2. This isn't really an intellisense issue

Looks like nobody around here messes with WCF much. I was just wondering why web.config doesn't look the same way it does in the tutorials. No Services section. But it works anyway. I'm just learning so I'm sure this would be common sense to a WCF pro.

[DaveJ]

3. Think I finally found the answer

It took me awhile, but it looks like .Net version 4 introduced default endpoints and bindings making the Services section unnecessary.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16810997/confusion-about-default-wcf-project-web-config-layout

Thanks!