This article is for beginners who are starting in WCF. I will focus on helping you to create and consume your first WCF Service in the simplest of steps. The following is the procedure. At the end of this article you should able to create your first WCF Service and consume that in a Console Application. I will continue to add further articles in this series to make WCF easier for you. Project setup Launch any edition of Visual Studio 2010 or 2012. Create a project by choosing WCF Service Application project template from WCF tab. Delete default created IService1.cs and Service1.svc file. Step 1: Create Service Contract To create a Service Contract: Right-click on the project and select "Add" | "New Item..." From the Web tab choose WCF Service to add. Let us give the service the name "Calculator.svc". Next you need to perform the following tasks: Open ICalculator.cs and remove the "void DoWork()" function. Ensure the attri...