Using WCF Data Services with WinRT

In this post I will walk through the steps of creating an OData / WCF Data Service and consume it from a Windows 8 Metro Style XAML based application.  I will use the following technology stack: SQL Server Entity Framework Code First WCF Data Service WinRT / Metro Style Application To get started you have …

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VS Live Redmond 2011

As I mentioned before, I presented at VS Live conference in Redmond, WA yesterday, 10/20/2011.  I presented the following two talks Working with Data on Windows Phone 7 I will talk about various approaches to work with data on Windows Phone 7.  I will cover all major concepts, such as local storage, OData/WCF Data Services …

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Working with Data on Windows Phone 7 – Part 2

In this part I am going to use WCF Data Services (formerly known as project Astoria and ADO.NET Data Services) to accomplish the same couple of tasks I did in WCF custom service.  I am going to get a list of people and add a person. I will use exact same project as I did …

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