Litware Training sample Mashup app

KentBrown — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:20:09 GMT

We've all heard of a "mashup" because its one of those buzz words, like "Web 2.0", that is picked up and repeated over and over again by the journalists and analysts. But have you actually seen one up close in the wild? Or do you have suspicions that its an elusive beast or a myth like Big Foot or Nessie? Well, we've got one of these critters in captivity for you to take home as a pet. Play with it. Get comfortable. See what makes it tick. See what tools from Microsoft are useful in building a mashup. And see if this programming style applies to something you want to do with your next application.

Litware Training is a sample "mashup" app built using ASP.NET and the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2. It demonstrates how to build a Web 2.0 application, tapping into popular search, geographic information, and social networking APIs on the internet. It shows how to consume and expose RESTful services.

Thanks to Ben Dewey of twentysix New York who built the sample.

Hosting WCF Services in Windows Azure

.NET Connected Framework Team — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:30:00 GMT

Hi folks,

Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud services operating system, based on Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. Azure is currently in a Community Technology Preview stage and you can register and try it out for free on this page.

Many of you may have wondered what is the experience of hosting WCF services in the Azure cloud. We have created a full set of samples on our newly launched Code Gallery site:

WCF Azure Samples

The samples show hosting WCF services for use by Silverlight clients and ASP.NET AJAX clients, as well as REST WCF services built using the new WCF REST Starter Kit.

You may also find some useful workarounds on the WCF known issues page.

Cheers,
-Yavor Georgiev
Program Manager, Connected Framework Team

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Litware Training sample Mashup app

Hosting WCF Services in Windows Azure