[dba-VB] FYI: Microsoft embracing REST, ATOM and JSON by Open Data Protocol (OData)

Salakhetdinov Shamil mcp2004 at mail.ru
Wed May 2 17:03:41 CDT 2012


Hi Francisco and Gustav --

Here is a link, which seems to have good information how to make and how to communicate with oData (web) services:

"Open Data Protocol by Example" by Chris Sells:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff478141.aspx

Thank you.

-- Shamil


Wed, 2 May 2012 09:24:22 -0700 от Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com>:
> Gustav,
>   Well it's a learning curve for sure, if you're a C programmer, then I
> think it's just trival, and something you can get past with not much
> effort, the problem is that I am not a C programmer, I am a
> developer/programmer/dba who can write webservices in C#, and write tsql
> code.  I am also versed in asp and javascript.  So I can figure things out
> well enough.
> 
> ObjectiveC was the biggest learning curve and the biggest problem is that I
> would work with it then abandon it because I didn't have any projects, and
> all the demos and projects I did work on did not relate closely enough with
> my work and thus caused me to still cross the deadly SOAP calls bridge, as
> a hint for those here wanting to partake in the same leap-defying pratice,
> look up sudzc.com it was (for me at least) the most used third party class
> generator that allows you to consume and quickly use your webservice.  It
> is easier than many of the other converters out there, but that being said
> I have not dealt with the oData client for Objective C and thus why I asked
> the question if anyone was using the client in .net, I don't, but was
> curious.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Francisco
> http://bit.ly/sqlthis   | Tsql and More...
> <http://db.tt/JeXURAx>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Francisco
> >
> > You just confirmed why I decided to stay off iOS (and Android for that
> > matter); too little time for such stuff.
> >
> > I just went to a meeting today at Microsoft for an intro to Windows 8
> > Metro apps running on the new WinRT and learned that you just as well can
> > get used to async communication for any serious task. The good news is that
> > it is extremely easy to set up with the new API - just a few lines of code.
> >
> > We didn't reach oData. I would be interested in following this, though
> > some have had some bad experiences:
> >
> >
> > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/programming-and-development/my-first-windows-8-application/5273
> >
> > but I guess it is just a question of using it "right".
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> >
> > >>> fhtapia at gmail.com 02-05-2012 17:24 >>>
> > Shamil,
> >  Have you done any work on with oData?  sounds like the Microsoft Irland's
> > answer to a webservice protocol... j/k everyone :)
> >
> > In my day to day I've moved away from developing exclusively on microsoft
> > products and into developing in SAP and now ObjectiveC (iPad apps).  I had
> > just crossed a horrible bridge and learning curve to figure out calling
> > soap objects from iOS, a process where Apple can learn a thing or three
> > from MS and their IDE.  In C# I can consume a wsdl and begin using it
> > almost right away after the wizard is complete.  in ObjectiveC I need a
> > third party product that will help me consume the WSDL and then create
> > classes from it, so I can begin using it, the problem is everyone's class
> > generator is different and there are vastly different approaches including
> > a hand coded effort in pure xcode tools which while it's a good IDE, I
> > think I'm just too familiar with MS.
> >
> > anyhow, this post was supposed to be more about oData, as the latest papers
> > from SAP recommend using this protocol for interfacing between SAP and
> > Third party products (MS applications, iOS, Android etc etc etc)
> >
> > is anyone else here interested in this type of discussion or familiar with
> > it beyond the original post?
> >
> >
> > Hope to hear back from someone! :)
> > -Francisco
> > http://bit.ly/sqlthis   | Tsql and More...
> >  <http://db.tt/JeXURAx>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Shamil Salakhetdinov <
> > shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have just recently got the following site URL - is it well known
> > > there/was
> > > mentioned already here?:
> > >
> > > Open Data Protocol FAQ
> > > http://www.odata.org/faq
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Shamil
> >
> >
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