August 2014

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If you thinking to start a new project with WCF, better to go with <b>WCF Service Library</b>. Because :<br />
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<li> As its does not have .svc file. so, it can not be hosted directly. </li>
<li>You can use it as Plug N Play kind of thing by attaching with any hosted Project(can be with any web site / windows services ).</li>
<li>You can host it in IIS as well as other like Self-Hosting, Windows 
Service easily, that's why you can consume from anywhere i.e. form 
Console Application as well as from any Web Application. </li>
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But in case of <b>WCF ServiceApplication :</b><br />
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<li>It<b> </b>can be hosted independently because itself is a direct web service application relying on WCF technology.</li>
<li>You can not use it as Plug N Play.</li>
</ul>
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So, My suggestion is to Go with <b>WCF Service Library</b> always if you want to customized as per requirement further. Otherwise you can go with <b>WCF ServiceApplication</b> for straight forward approach.<br />
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