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Re:ASP.NET MVC and WebAPI Tutorials by Encosia on Saturday October 06, 2012 @01:10PM (#4621027)
It's a common misconception that Web API is built on or tied to MVC. It's not though. You can use it in a WebForms site just as easily as in an MVC site. You can even self-host Web API outside of IIS entirely.

Also, Web API isn't intended to replace WCF. The "connected systems" people have a whole different set of needs than people building simple web-facing APIs. I don't think we should expect to see WCF or "Add Service Reference" going away anytime soon.

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Re:ASP.NET MVC and WebAPI Tutorials by steverb on Sunday October 07, 2012 @12:29AM (#4622598)
I had totally forgotten about that, although I have seen WebForms used in an MVC site as well.

I did NOT intend to imply that it was a replacement for WCF. I meant to imply that it is a replacement for the WCF REST Starter Kit, and if MS didn't make a huge deal out of it, a lot of people that had gotten used to using WCF for web services would never see it.

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