Pick a Silverlight RIA scenario [D2D, B2E, B2B, B2C] or choose a Web Services style [SOAP/RPC, XML/REST]

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Eclipse4SL : M2 released + REST and SOAP Guidance
The Eclipse Tools for Silverlight enter year 2009 after achieving its 2008 commitments ! First of all, SOYATEC did a great job at correcting more than 30 bugs (and 200 unit tests to ensure first quality) but also at enhancing the plug-in to provide a Read More...
How-To : Silverlight accessing Java REST services (Part 2 – No Cross Domain : Tomcat/Eclipse)
The HowTo serie demoes Silverlight accessing Web Services in various configuration. In this post, we will demonstrate a REST service consumed by a Silverlight client application where the Site of Origin hosts the Web Services. This scenario is categorized Read More...
B2C scenario : Customer Environement
The B2C scenario corresponds to Web applications accessed by customers , traditionnaly built with some dynamic HTML/AJAX technology running on the server side, that have been elected to leverage the Silverlight capabilities (enriched user experience, Read More...
B2B scenario : Partner Environment
The B2B scenario corresponds to Enterprise Web Services exposed to a partner through a Rich Client application, traditionnaly built with some dynamic HTML/AJAX technology running on the server side, that have been elected to leverage the Silverlight capabilities Read More...
B2E scenario : Intranet Environment
The B2E scenario corresponds to internal Web applications , traditionnaly built with some dynamic HTML/AJAX technology running on the server side, that have been elected to leverage the Silverlight capabilities (enriched user experience, vector based Read More...
How-To : Silverlight accessing Java REST services (Part 1 - Cross Domain : IIS + Tomcat)
The HowTo serie demoes Silverlight accessing Web Services in various configurations. In this post, we will demonstrate a REST service consumed by HTTP GET and POST requests issued from a Silverlight client application. This scenario can be categorized Read More...
Limitations when accessing REST services from Silverlight
As explained in What are those SOAP/RPC and XML/REST styles ? , the REST support in Silverlight has several limitations : Only the "Content-Type" HTTP header can be accessed from the Silverlight client code. The WebClient works fine in most scenarios, Read More...
What are those SOAP/RPC and XML/REST styles ?
In the Silverlight world, the sole protocol you need to care about is the HTTP protocol. Yet, you can take 2 directions to send and retreive messages from a Silverlight Rich Client application. The SOAP/RPC style leverages the SOAP specifications and Read More...
D2D scenario : Developer Environment
This scenario is typically used in development phase when you are building a Silverlight rich client that connects to new business Logic . It is mandatory that the business logic is new to ensure you have enough control to enforce a configuration where Read More...
Silverlight scenarios for Rich Internet Applications
From the architecture described in the previous post a cup of Silverlight, a drop of Architecture , you may experience several technical requirements : Infrastructure Security DMZ (if the application is internet facing), Secured transport (HTTPS) if private Read More...
A cup of Silverlight, a drop of Architecture
We discussed before what Silverlight is about from a technical standpoint . Moving from theory to implementation, let's discuss today the architectural challenges when building a Silverlight App. The following considerations apply to Siliverlight 2 beta Read More...

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