MS TechDays 2011 - WCF Web APis There's a URI for That

MS TechDays 2011 - WCF Web APis There's a URI for That

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  SINGAPORE DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCED Alvin Lau Solutions Consultant, Dimension Data / MVP (ASP.Net/IIS) OData with WCF Web APIs: “There’s a URI for that”
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  Agenda What is WCFWeb API? Why WCF Web API? Understanding WCF Web API
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  What is WCFWeb API? Set of WCF components Allows developers to expose apps, data, services over HTTP Targeted to simplify HTTP programming Handles low level details of HTTP Exposes HTTP programming model in a natural way …Flexible, Extendable
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  Why WCF WebAPI? From PCs -> Device…Devices Support MANY clients/devices If you want to reach your users, you need to reach their device
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  BUILDING A WEBAPI FOR BROWSER / JSON CLIENTS
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  Architecture Overview 1. S/R HTTP Requests / Responses 2. Listens over HTTP for incoming message 3. Agnostic to hosting environment (ASP.NET, IIS, self-hosted) 4. Routing HTTP request to HTTP Service instance, Serialisation, Extensibility point (MediaTypeFormatter) 5. Add custom handing code & business logic
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  Features of WCFWeb API … Preview 5  First class programming model for HTTP in WCF  HttpClient  OOB support for XML, JSON, Odata  Plug any format / media type  Iqueryable support  Designed for separation of concerns and testability – IoC container – Validation, URI binding etc  Support for HTTP file upload and MIME based batching  Integrated Web API test client
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  ADDING MORE SUPPORT(GET, POST, PUT AND DELETE)
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  SUPPORT FORM URLENCODED DATA
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  References WCF Web API- http://wcf.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=WCF HTTP Glenn Block’s blog - http://codebetter.com/glennblock/ Pedro Felix’s blog - https://pfelix.wordpress.com/tag/wcf-web-api/ Download it - http://wcf.codeplex.com/releases/view/73399#Dow nloadId=281825
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  • Windows AzureUser Group Singapore • Portal • http://azureug.sg • Facebook page • http://www.facebook.com/MWAPSG • Meeting • When: Typically, Last Tuesday of the month • Where: Microsoft Singapore Level 21 / 22 • Subscribe to our portal to receive the meeting invitation
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  Thank You