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Rob Windsor on WCF with REST, JSON and RSS

Posted by Rob Windsor on Jul 18, 2008 07:41 AM

Community
.NET,
SOA
Topics
REST,
.NET Framework
Tags
QCon San Francisco 2007,
RSS,
WCF,
JSON,
QCon
Summary
WCF is not just for SOAP based services and can be used with popular protocols like RSS, REST and JSON. Rob Windsor covers URI templates, the importance of HTTP GET in the programmable web, how to expose service operations via HTTP GET, how to control the format of data exposed by service operations, and finally how to use the WebOperationContext to access the specifics of HTTP.

Bio
Rob Windsor is a Consultant and Trainer with ObjectSharp Consulting. Rob focuses on the architecture, design and development of custom business applications using leading edge Microsoft technologies. Additionally Rob is president of the Toronto VB User Group and a Microsoft MVP.

About the conference
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4 comments

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Source code? by Michael G Posted Jul 20, 2008 9:44 AM
Re: Source code? by Rob Windsor Posted Jul 23, 2008 11:03 AM
Re: Source code? by Rob Windsor Posted Jul 23, 2008 11:06 AM
Nice overview by chris barrow Posted Jul 23, 2008 4:32 PM
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    Source code?

    Jul 20, 2008 9:44 AM by Michael G

    It would be nice to have a downlodable source code here. I personally hate the presentation pages with nothing but "DEMO" on them. So far there is good talk and 75%-noninformative presentation materials.

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    Re: Source code?

    Jul 23, 2008 11:03 AM by Rob Windsor

    Hi Michael, You can download the slides and demos from my Sky Drive. http://cid-b810a8a4579bd670.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Talks/2007/QCon%20San%20Francisco/REST%20JSON%20and%20RSS%20with%20WCF%203.5 Rob

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    Re: Source code?

    Jul 23, 2008 11:06 AM by Rob Windsor

    That link didn't come out very well. Here's a shortened version: http://shrinkster.com/10k9

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    Nice overview

    Jul 23, 2008 4:32 PM by chris barrow

    Nice job. The presentation is a concise overview of the new REST features for WCF 3.5. I have worked with WCF before so I agree working with these new features should not be difficult for anyone familiar with the technology. It is unfortunate you have to directly reference a .net interface on your client application so it can call REST services, but since there is no standardized mechanism to expose any sort of REST web service with meta data, it is still a better solution than having to reference the actual .NET types which implement the interface.

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