Great Architects
Category: Architecture > IT Architect      Posted: 18 Jun 09

Welcome to the summer issue of JOURNAL. These last few months have been really exciting for architecture as a topic at Microsoft. The

Service Oriented Architectures
Category: Architecture > IT Architect      Posted: 18 Jun 09

Welcome to the spring issue of JOURNAL. With this second issue we've gone global. This is a direct result of the tremendous feedback for JOURNAL1 fr...

Enterprise Architecture
Category: Architecture > IT Architect      Posted: 18 Jun 09

Welcome to the inaugural issue of JOURNAL! Software architecture is a tough thing—a vast, interesting, and largely unexplored subject area. As an ar...

Calling RESTful Services with WCF
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

This screencast introduces developers to the client-side experience for using WCF to consume RESTful services. You'll see how to use the new WebChannel...

Building RESTful Services with WCF (Part 2)
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

This screencasts continues to guide the viewer through how to build a RESTful service with WCF, simplifying the IIS hosting of the service.

Calling services asynchronously with WCF
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

Learn how to invoke Web services asynchronously with WCF in order to avoid tying up your main application thread.

AtomPub services
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

Learn how to implement a standard AtomPub service using the WCF REST Starter Kit. You'll see how to use the AtomPub Service project template, customize...

Resource collection services
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

Learn how to implement resource collection services using the WCF REST Starter Kit. You'll see how to use the Resource Collection Service project templ...

Resource singleton services
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 09 Mar 09

Learn how to create a simple resource singleton service using the WCF REST Starter Kit. You'll see how to use the Resource Singleton Service project te...

Creating your first WCF service
Category: Languages > .net      Posted: 08 Mar 09

Learn how to create your first WCF service in just minutes. You'll see how to create a data contract, a service contract, and a service implementation,...

Model-Driven Development in Flex Builder 4 and LCDS 'Next'
Category: Web Development > Flex      Posted: 28 Feb 09

Using Adobe Flex Builder 4 and LCDS 'Next', you will be able to build data-driven applications using a Model-Driven Development approach. In this Adobe TV episode, I give a sneak peek of this new feature.

Lightweight Web Services with Sinatra and RestClient - Adam Wiggins & Blake Mizerany
Category: Languages > Ruby      Posted: 08 Feb 09

Tired of web apps written in Ruby being big, slow, and complex? Then try subdividing your problem space by slicing up your app into a set of lightwei...