Which one is more in Demand WCF Or Web API

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

Vidya Vrat Agarwal · Answer

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

Suraj Kumar · Answer

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

Tushar Dikshit · Answer

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.

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

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 Sontakke · Answer

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.

Manav Pandya · Answer

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

Purushottam Prabhakar · Answer

API

Bryian Tan · Answer

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 Venugopal · Answer

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 P · Answer

hi, currently in market web api is in demand

Which one is more in Demand WCF Or Web API

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