.NET Questions

RockLobster · 4 Oct 2012 at 23:59

I've developed a website which allows users to setup their own AD accounts (self-service portal), change passwords, etc. The front end is traditional web forms. The back end is a traditional web service. This web service creates the AD accounts, exchange accounts, creates shares, etc. This has worked fairly well for a few years but a number of bugs are starting to appear.

I want to rewrite this. How would you guys do it? Would you still use web services or use WCF? Is there any new technologies out there I should be aware of or use?

Pho · 5 Oct 2012 at 00:41

ASP.NET MVC + WCF would be a nice combo. Palm as much off as you can onto the WCF then you can re-use it in desktop applications or whatever without too much effort.

topbanana · 5 Oct 2012 at 09:01

Why have a web service layer? Seems completely redundant.

Having said that, rewriting is rarely the best answer. Why not properly understand and fix the bugs then move on to something else?

RockLobster · 5 Oct 2012 at 10:21

topbanana said:
Why have a web service layer? Seems completely redundant.

Having said that, rewriting is rarely the best answer. Why not properly understand and fix the bugs then move on to something else?

It needs a rewrite anyway and if we use WCF at least we can consume the code in other projects.