How to do it...

Let's follow these steps to create a self-hosted console application:

1. First, add a new project of type Console Application, inside the solution, and name it CH09.SelfHostingDemo.
2. Now, right-click on the References node, and add the project reference of the service (CH09.EmployeeService):

3. Also add the assembly reference of System.ServiceModel into the console application project.
4. From Solution Explorer, navigate to the Program.cs file.
5. Add the following using namespaces inside the class file:

using CH09.EmployeeService.Services; 
using System; 
using System.ServiceModel; 
using System.ServiceModel.Description; 

6. Now we need to define the service URL so that we can access it from the host. Create a static member variable inside the Program.cs class file, as follows:

private static Uri serviceUrl = new Uri( 
     "http://localhost:59795/Services/EmployeeService"); 

7. The Program class contains a static Main method. Replace the definition with the following...