September 2007 - Posts

Astoria data sources and system layering
27 September 07 06:02 PM | dpblogs | 12 Comments   
The question is: what data sources should Astoria support as inputs? Should we allow ADO.NET Entity Framework only or open up more? If we open up more, how does the system need to be layered to enable the use of those alternate data sources? Let me step Read More...
URI Format - Part 1 - Addressing resources using URI path segments
21 September 07 09:25 AM | dpblogs | 13 Comments   
Deciding on something that becomes a public interface of a developer-oriented technology is a tricky task. Not only does the resulting design need to be correct and complete, but also there are various aspects that are more around aesthetics and personal Read More...
Astoria CTP Refresh for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2!
17 September 07 11:52 PM | dpblogs | 11 Comments   
Some time ago we shipped Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and a couple of weeks later we added the ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 2 release as well as the first CTP of the tools for it. Once all of the frameworks/tools were in Beta 2 we got a bunch of email “encouraging” Read More...
Astoria Design: payload formats
09 September 07 09:49 PM | dpblogs | 20 Comments   
The goal of Astoria is to make data available to loosely coupled systems for querying and manipulation. In order to do that we need to use protocols that define the interaction model between the producer and the consumer of that data, and of course we Read More...
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