VS Live 2013 in Las Vegas

As I mentioned before, I spoke at VS Live 2013 in Las Vegas last week.  I spoke on two topics Entity Framework Code First End to End This session will cover the use Entity Framework in .NET based applications. Discussion will include model creation and organization as well as schema evolution via migrations. The role …

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Using Membership Provider to Protect WC Data Service

I blogged previously about securing services with forms authentication.  In this blog post I would like to describe a shortcut to creating a secure service using membership provider infrastructure.  To start with, we need to create a provider.  It is pretty easy step, as you can inherit System.Web.Security.MembershipProvider and override any methods you need to.  …

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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 Orlando 2011

As I mentioned before, I presented at VS Live conference in Orlando, FL Thursday, 12/08/2011. 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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VS Live Orlando

I will be speaking at VS Live conference in Orlando, FL on 12/08/2011. I will be presenting 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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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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Hosting WCF Data Services on Third Party Hosting Provider

Today I am going to talk about how to create a WCF Data Service and host it using a hosting provider.  My specific example will be using GoDaddy (www.GoDaddy.com).  This is the site where I host my blog.  I already posted on this topic, but was using Azure instead.  If you have a subscription to …

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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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