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World’s simplest OData service

March 26, 2010 No Comments

I get frustrated sometime trying to play around with new Microsoft technologies. The process usually involves; install this CTP, apply this hotfix, create a project

Using the HttpClient and the OData service to download Mix videos

March 20, 2010 No Comments

Here is some code I wrote to give me some experience playing with an OData service, learning more Linq, using my favourite HTTP client library

But can you test it?

February 12, 2010 No Comments

Testing code that uses HttpWebRequest directly, is a real pain. Usually what I have seen people do is create a service interface that hides the

FOR XML PATH and CQRS

January 18, 2010 No Comments

In a recent twitter exchange with Colin Jack I claimed that SELECT {…} FROM […] FOR XML PATH() is pretty much all you need for providing the

Woe is me, the WOA unmanifesto

December 14, 2009 No Comments

This started as a comment on the blog post here, but it got too long. I have two questions for Dion and a few comments. 1)

HttpContent instead of streams

December 9, 2009 No Comments

I think the HttpContent class is my favourite part of this library. This class acts as a container for the content that you received or

Software Development Blog

World’s simplest OData service

Using the HttpClient and the OData service to download Mix videos

But can you test it?

FOR XML PATH and CQRS

Woe is me, the WOA unmanifesto

HttpContent instead of streams

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