I got a chance to look into the new RIA services.I am not yet sure why a cutdown version of AdoNEtdataServices was provided ?
The steps are almost the same other then Proxy Generation.
You add a Edmx/LinqtoSql or Custom Entity
Compile It
Add a Domain Service ,Instead of DataService
Compile it to get the Proxy geenrated in SilverLight Project[Here it is different,you need to add a proxy for the DataService]
For the CRUD operation the model still remains the same,You cant get the service outside ,I mean you cant consume it in Interop scenario like from Java or Flex.You still have the Crossdomain issue,You cant control the Security[Actually not needed and Authorization is provided] since the Service is not available to outside world.Although you can use it with ASPNET or WPF.Hpwever although I have gone thru the PDF documentation and Brad's post here http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/03/19/what-is-net-ria-services.aspx .
Although I can see that using the RIA or domain service and DataPager and GRouping the data is really easy.I am still not convinced why not MS enhanced the AdoNEt DataService with SilverLight Support itself rather then creating a new Service???
Also the Performance needed to be watched out for.
I will try to Digg more and Update back:)
April 10
The Azure Services Training Kit April update now includes the following content covering Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Services, and Live Services:
11 hands-on labs – including new hands-on labs for PHP and Native Code on Windows Azure.
18 demo scripts – These demo scripts are designed to provide detailed walkthroughs of key features so that someone can easily give a demo of a service
9 presentations – the presentations used for our 3 day training workshops including speaker notes
Download it From http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130354 April 06
Zeesahn has posted a 500 pages PDF and Demo Sample on Entity Framework.
Rob has Put forward a Nice Summary on Comapring the Cloud Computing platform available today.Here is the Link :-
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