WCF: What is a ServiceHost?

Question

As I\'m currently learning to use WCF Services, I am constantly encountering tutorials on the internet which mention using a ServiceHost when using a WCF Servic

Answer 1

A ServiceHost basically provides you everything you need to host a WCF service in a non-IIS or WAS setting. A common place for a ServiceHost would be in a console app or Windows service. See the example code from MSDN for how to setup a ServiceHost in a console app.