Sessions at Microsoft BUILD 2011 about WCF

Wednesday 14th September 2011

• Building data-driven HTML5 apps with WCF RIA Services

  by Asad Khan and Dinesh Kulkarni

  Data-centric apps with rich user experience often require significant plumbing across multiple tiers. We simplify n-tier apps by bridging Web client technologies with services – using WCF RIA Services, rich JavaScript client cache, OData, jQuery and effective data binding to UI elements. We will cover common app patterns supported by frameworks and tools for writing business logic, retrieving data with flexible local and remote query capabilities, effective caching and change tracking, integrated validation and built-in authentication and authorization. We will show how to build apps with browser and mobile clients and host them on premise or in the cloud.

  • HTML5
  • jQuery
  • OData
  • WCF

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Wednesday 14th September

  In Orange County 1, Anaheim Marriott

  Coverage video

Thursday 15th September 2011

• Building Web APIs in Windows Azure with WCF to reach any device

  by Glenn Block

  Web app developers today are facing new challenges around how to expose data and services to multiple devices, browser apps and other cloud services. In this session we’ll explore how the Windows Communication Foundation Web API makes it easy for developers to expose their services and data to a broad set of clients and take advantage of rich emerging Web standards like WebSockets. We’ll show how simple it is to create new Web APIs, whether you are building Web apps or standalone services to expose existing functionality or data.

  • WCF
  • Web APIs
  • Windows Azure

  At 9:00am to 10:00am, Thursday 15th September

  In Orange County 1, Anaheim Marriott

  Coverage video