By Dean Willson

Presented to fwPASS on 5/24/2011

WINDOWS PHONE 7, WCF, AND SQL AZURE

AGENDA

Register as a WP7 developer in the App Marketplace

SQL Azure database – Azure management

WCF Service/Entity Framework

WP7 client

Putting it all together

MARKETPLACE

$99/year developer account

Azure/ SQL Azure pay to play or MSDN subscription

3-5 day certification process for submittal

1-5 day certification process for update

Paid apps can’t switch to free after approval

SQL AZURE

SQL Azure Migration wizard http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/

SSMS (limited functionality)

SQL Azure Management Console

WCF

WCF .net version 3.5

Silverlight 3 supports basicHTTPBinding (not wsHTTPBinding)

Updating ServiceReference (contract changes) is a pain

add Aspnetdb provider config

WP7 CLIENT

No direct database calls (web services, WCF, REST)

Asynchronous calls (performance)

login page.Net Membership provider

gymnast list page

Click icon to add picture

Binding ObservableCollection list<Gymnast>

RESOURCES

http://cloud.dzone.com/news/how-use-wcf-services-access-0

http://breathingtech.com/2011/how-to-use-wcf-services-to-access-sql-azure-database-from-windows-phone-7-app-part-2/

http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/18/async-operations-in-wcf-event-based-model/

http://blah.winsmarts.com/2008-4-Writing_the_WCF_Hello_World_App.aspx

http://robtiffany.com/windows-phone-7/windows-phone-7-line-of-business-app-dev-consuming-an-azure-wcf-rest-json-service

http://www.africangeek.com/

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/UrmimalaPal/1858/

http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/07/day-7-using-wcf-web-services-with-silverlight-and-linq/

Blogsdean-o.blogspot.com

practicalhoshin.blogspot.com

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Websitewww.systemental.com

Emaildean@systemental.com

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