Which one is more in Demand WCF Or Web API

Sanwar Ranwa

8y5.2kCareer Advice

Which one is more demandable wcf or web api in current market jobs

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Purushottam Prabhakar8y ago
API
Bryian Tan8y ago
I would suggest focus more on REST Web API. Here are some tutorials

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/tutorials/first-web-api?view=aspnetcore-2.1
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/tutorial-your-first-web-api
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/4b0136/restful-api-in-Asp-Net-introduction-of-rest-web-api/
Sankara Krishnan Venugopal8y ago
Hello You should not avoid any technology in IT industry because current technology moved into WEB API. Even though, already people have implemented using WCF/Web Service. So, we may migrate these service into WEB API. So, you good to know the all services. Thanks.
Rafnas T P8y ago
hi,
currently in market web api is in demand
Tushar Dikshit8y ago
Presently inweb development WebAPI is in demandfor the demand of RESTFul service.

Mostly UI developments are script based, client side and lightweight. Ex. Ahgular, React etc
To accomodate this through REST Microsoft has developed WebAPI.

But WebAPI is evolved from WCF and core knowledge of SOA, Web service based technolpogy in required.
So I would suggest have WCF base knowledge and then get WebAPI hands on.
Vidya Vrat Agarwal8y ago
With latest trends and technology regardless of the web, AI, and what not, everything is REST and hence Web API is the right choice to invest in.

Best wishes.
Vidya Vrat Agarwal
Microsoft MVP
www.RoadAheadSolutions.com
Nanddeep Nachan8y ago
Web API has below advantages:
Web API is open source an ideal platform for building REST-ful services over the .NET Framework.
Unlike WCF Rest service, it use the full featues of HTTP (like URIs, request/response headers, caching, versioning, various content formats)
It also supports the MVC features such as routing, controllers, action results, filter, model binders, IOC container or dependency injection, unit testing that makes it more simple and robust.
Nitin Sontakke8y ago
Friends, the question is from a career point of view and not from choice of technology point of view.

May be it should have been phrased as follows:

Between WCF and WebAPI which skills are in more demand in current job market.
Suraj Kumar8y ago
Hello Sanwar,
I think in current market place as per my knowledge WEB API is more in deman. However both are using frequently in projects so try to grasp the knowledge of both as much you can.
Thanks
Manav Pandya8y ago
Hello

Well its depends on your requirement

If you want to use services on small scale or intranet kind of app than go for WCF

But if your requirement is large more than middle scale app than go for web api

Still you can follow some great difference over there :

http://www.dotnettricks.com/learn/webapi/difference-between-wcf-and-web-api-and-wcf-rest-and-web-service

https://dzone.com/articles/wcf-vs-web-api-what-to-choose-for-your-project

All the best

Thanks