title: What framework to use for RESTful Services in .net
body: <p>I know that similar questions have been asked, but most of them are out of date. So here we go again :). I need to implement a complete REST service layer for our application. The problem that i have is which framework would be the best to solve this problem. I just need a nice framework that lets me focus on the problem and not on the REST or whatever is required. Authentication is a required feature. Here are some of my ideas; what do you think?</p>
  
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  <li>WCF: In my opinion this is a overloaded framework that makes things complicated.</li>
  <li>ServiceStack: Seems to be a nice, lightweight, open source alternative. But what if they decided to stop development?</li>
  <li>Custom implementation using asp.net mvc such as <a href="http://shouldersofgiants.co.uk/Blog/post/2011/02/07/Creating-a-RESTful-Web-Service-Using-ASPNet-MVC-Part-24-e28093-MVC-3-and-More.aspx" rel="noreferrer">this</a>, but why reinvent the wheel?</li>
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