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Implementing a Basic Hello World WCF Service (v4.5)

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Manually implement a basic WCF Service (.NET 4.5) from scratch, step by step, with clear instructions and precise screen snapshots.
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("HelloWorldClient")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("HelloWorldClient")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2013")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]

// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible(false)]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid("a767a390-77cf-47cd-b3ef-e81e3d3d9468")]

// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
//
//      Major Version
//      Minor Version 
//      Build Number
//      Revision
//
// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
// by using the '*' as shown below:
// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

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Mike is a senior software engineer at an investment management firm, and a faculty member at Brandeis University, teaching Windows Communication Foundation programming with C#. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and a Sun Certified Java Programmer. He has authored a few books for Unix C/C++, C#, WCF and LINQ. Mike has deep expertise in software development with WCF, WPF, ASP.NET, MVC, BPMS, JavaScript, and SQL Server. He has been a key developer, architect and project lead for many software products in various industries, such as statistical data reporting, telecommunication, resource control, call center, student loan processing, and investment management.

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