IPC Mechanisms in C# - Usage and Best Practices

c# .net ipc
prakash picture prakash · Sep 11, 2008 · Viewed 72.4k times · Source

I have used IPC in Win32 code a while ago - critical sections, events, and semaphores.

How is the scene in the .NET environment? Are there any tutorial explaining all available options and when to use and why?

Answer

aku picture aku · Sep 11, 2008

Most recent Microsoft's stuff in IPC is Windows Communication Foundation. Actually there is nothing new in the lower level (tcp, upd, named pipes etc) But WCF simplifies IPC development greatly.

Useful resource:

and of course MSDN on WCF

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