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I noticed when the MVC4 beta was announced, it includes a new “Web-API“.
(MVC 4 announcement)
In what circumstances should I use this Web-API instead of a normal HTTP/WCF Web-service?
What problem is it trying to solve?
The Web API allows you to very easily expose an API of some existing web site (or build a new one) using standard RESTful techniques. Achieving the same goal with WCF would be a little more challenging but could be done. Scott Gu wrote a nice overview of the Web API.