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18 August 2008
REST Q & A - enough already
Tim Bray at Sun has some questions and comments on REST . First, let me say that the religious wars over WS-* and REST seem to be generated by a very small number of people who have a very large amount of spare time. Don't these people have things to Read More...
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29 July 2008
Connecting to Exchange using JAX-WS, part 1
Yes, it is possible to Connect to Exchange using JAX-WS The fear and trepidation I had when considering the effort to connect a Java application to Exchange Server 2007 was well founded. It wasn't easy. I'm going to spoil the ending and tell you, yes, Read More...
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10 July 2008
Facebook Thrift, Google ProtoBufs, and Interop
Dare had an en-pointe analysis of the emergence of various new non-standarcd communications protocols, such as Facebook Thrift and Google Protocol buffers , and how they compare to the standards-based comms protocols like RSS, ATOM or even WS-*. Dare Read More...
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18 June 2008
Open Source and Interoperability
Open. Source. Is. Not. Interoperability. Ted Neward is an entertaining and talented writer, not to mention a stand-up guy, and a first-rate technogeek. But that doesn't mean he is always right. I was just reading and old post of his which I missed during Read More...
24 March 2008
Java/XML Binding Options? WebSphere prefers JAXB 2.0...
I'm looking to put together more Java and .NET interop samples. If any of you have any particular requests, let me know. One of the key areas for interop I'm looking at is XML serialization. Today I was scanning the web looking for insight into the leading Read More...
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20 March 2008
How to Build a REST app in .NET (with WCF)
My prior post talked about how NOT to write a REST app in .NET. I mentioned WCF as the preferred option. In this post, I'll describe the steps for how you should do it. Some background First up, you should use WCF to build your REST app. WCF is the Windows Read More...
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10 October 2007
Date and Time Values and Java Interop: a concrete example using XStream
Last month I posted on Date and Time values and interop. One of the key points I made is that you can lose information (specifically timezone information) when you transition from .NET to something else. If you stay within .NET, then you don't lose that Read More...
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11 September 2007
Open XML a superb standard - says Mono dude
Slashdot reports that Miguel de Icaza, founder of GNOME and Mono, recently remarked in a Google groups discussion that Open XML is a “superb standard” and that the spec has been unfairly criticized. “ OOXML is a superb standard and yet, it has been FUDed Read More...
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09 August 2007
Fact Check – IBM’s Steve Mills claims on MS and SOA
We saw an article on CNET that included quotes from Steve Mills of IBM directly related to Interop, SOA and Microsoft. Since Interop is one of our passions, we thought it would be worthwhile to respond. Given that we are approaching an election here in Read More...
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19 July 2007
Interop between ASMX and WCF Services
My esteemed colleague, Kevin , is working on a project where the customer has a bunch of ASP.NET (ASMX) web services, and they are looking at migrating to WCF. The customer's goal is simplicity: in stage 1, they'd like to keep their ASMX files, keep the Read More...
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23 March 2007
Using Java to program openXML documents
I've blogged about this before. Now I See there is a sourceforge project supporting the use of Java to access openXML docs. Brian Jones has the scoop: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2007/03/20/programming-against-the-openxml-formats-with-java.asp Read More...
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16 February 2007
Open XML Workshop in Redmond, March 13-15
Want to learn about Open XML from the source? There's an opportunity coming up March 13-15 on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. It's called the Open XML Deep Dive developer workshop . If you’re adopting Open XML, and need deep technical training Read More...
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08 January 2007
Lessons learned using RSS with .NET 2.0: Simplicity and Speed
It's drop-dead simple to build an RSS library in .NET 2.0, using the .NET SDK. Check this example for how I did it. Read More...
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31 October 2006
Use Office 2003 XML Schema, no worries
In the past I've posted some articles [ 1 , 2 ] about generating Office 2003 documents from a server-side Java application. I also posted some example code . Of note, the Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas are now also available under the Open Specification Read More...
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30 October 2006
Peter Galli of eWeek on Microsoft and its work on Interop
Editorial excerpt of the Week. From an article mostly about Sender ID , a specification for e-mail authentication, Peter Galli commented on Microsoft's recent work on interop: “Over the past four months Microsoft has announced a number of key interoperability Read More...
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