ASP.NET MVC and WCF

Question

I\'m working my way into MVC at the moment, but on my \"To learn at some point\" list, I also have WCF.

I just wonder if WCF is something that should/could be used in an

Answer 1

You could use OData for your MVC application to handle Xml/Json type stuff. I know other people have suggested roll your own - and this is what I'm currently doing .. via the use of my own custom ActionFilter or custom ViewResult.

Sample OData code: Scott Hanselman's OData + StackOverflow blog post.