REST

The web was built on a principle that the client can ask for a representation of a resource in the format that they can support.  Browsers typically support this using an Accept header.  In the world of REST however most people have moved to a model where the format is a part of the…

So you have a really cool website using AJAX.  Great look and feel with high performance.  Sure you have Forms Authentiation enabled but how do you secure your services?  Can you use WCF and ASP.NET Membership together? In this episode of endpoint.tv you will learn the 7 steps to…

RESTful services expose more than just GET.  Many times, we also have to expose the capability to insert, update and delete.  There are many differing opinions on how inserts, updates and deletes should be modeled in a "RESTful" architecture.  This screencast  illustrates…

WCF 3.5 provides the ability to easily expose services to AJAX client applications.  Specifically, the webHttpBinding has an "AJAX-Friendly" endpoint behavior.  What do I mean by "AJAX-Friendly"?  To me, it means that we will create a client proxy that knows how…

The web has been an amazing success and one reason why is because of the cachng it does.  One benefit of building RESTful services with WCF is that you can take advantage of the same caching infrastructure that the web does.  How do you do it?  Just sit back and watch this episode…

Most of you know all about SOAP but perhaps you have been hearing a lot more about REST web services lately.  Wondering what this is all about?  Well check out this episode where Bob Familiar and I discuss the two.