Web Service Webcasts in June
Five webcasts are coming this month to talk about some of
the new web service features in Orcas.
Each webcast is aimed at developers and lasts 60-90 minutes.
Beyond
the Endpoints with Windows Communication Foundation with Juval Lowy (Level
100) Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M. Pacific Time
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is more than just the
next-generation platform for building connected systems. In many respects, WCF
is the next development platform for Windows-based applications, providing
system features that are presently crafted by hand on top of the Microsoft .NET
Framework and the Windows operating system. In this webcast, we describe the power
and productivity of WCF and demonstrate how it is a "better .NET Framework." We
focus on the key system features of WCF so you can make educated decisions on
aligning your product road map with WCF and assess the advantages of using WCF.
We begin the webcast with a brief overview of WCF and the WCF architecture, and
then we demonstrate data contract tolerance, instance management, transaction
propagation, automatic synchronization, queued calls, and automatic security.
geekSpeak:
Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 with Jon Flanders (Level 200) Wednesday, June
18, 2008 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow
Foundation (WF) are powerful technologies that were first introduced in the
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. In release 3.5 of the .NET Framework, these two
technologies work even better together. In this installment of geekSpeak, Jon
Flanders from Pluralsight introduces you to workflow services , and he
describes how workflow services unites WCF and WF and provides great new
features for building solutions. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Lynn Langit
and Glen Gordon.
Calling
Services from Silverlight 2.0 with Jon Flanders (Level 300) Monday, June
23, 2008 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 browser plug-in provides an
environment for building rich Internet applications (RIAs). Traditionally,
these types of applications relied heavily on services such as Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML (AJAX) for their functionality. In this webcast, we look at
the facilities built into Silverlight 2.0 for calling services, and we discuss
the options for implementing these services.
Windows
Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation Integration in Depth
with Jesus Rodriguez (Level 400) Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
Pacific Time
The combination of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) provides the building block for the next
generation of Microsoft .NET applications. With the release of Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.5, developers now have multiple alternatives to build applications
that combine WCF and WF. In this webcast, we illustrate some of the most common
scenarios for integrating WCF and WF, and we explore mechanisms such as Durable
Services, Workflow Services, rules-based authorization, line-of-business
workflows, and other mechanisms that are best implemented by combining WCF and
WF. We also share a series of best practices and techniques that developers can
follow in order to implement a seamless integration between WCF and WF.
Windows
Workflow Communication in Depth with Matt Milner (Level 400) Thursday, June
26, 2008 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) provides a powerful
framework for building reactive programs, which are programs that respond to
events and inputs. One of the biggest challenges faced by developers new to
Windows WF is figuring out the best way to communicate with the workflows that
are running in the runtime. In this webcast, we cover the underlying
communication architecture, how to create custom activities that allow you to
wait for events or input, how to perform request/response style communication,
and the send/receive activities available in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
