Posted Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:32:11 +0000
By Tomas Restrepo

A question I recently ran into asked about comparing message sizes when using the default Text Message Encoder used by most bindings in WCF with the Binary Message Encoder used by the TcpBinding, without going through the entire WCF stack and having to use a protocol analyzer. Here’s a sample applic... (More)

Posted Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:31:19 GMT
By Michele Bustamante

The cool thing about creating an add-in for my exception handling proxy is that now it makes it easier for me to use it all the time when I create sample projects. Before, I would have to copy and paste the base type and hand-build the proxy, and this just wasn't realistic. ... (More)

Posted Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:02:39 GMT
By Richard Blewett

In my last post I linked to the screencast I made on processing large messages in WCF using buffering. I also said that I would be putting up another one on streaming messages shortly. That second screencast has now gone live on the Rock Solid Knowledge website. In part 2 of the large message ... (More)

Posted Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT
By Nicholas Allen

After creating a WCF service application in Visual Studio you might have noticed that the project configuration has three choices of web servers for testing the application: Use Visual Studio Development Server Use Local IIS Web Server Use Custom Web Server The development server (comi... (More)

Posted Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:57:19 GMT
By Mick Badran

He lives in NZ…he loves Auckland and he successfully got married last year… Ready to take on the world – I want to congratulate one of the hardest working BTS experts I know… He puts in a tremendous effort for the local community and is always ready for new ideas. Well done mate a... (More)

Posted Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:14 GMT
By Sam Gentile

ASP.NET/Web Programming Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should Know JavaScript for the ASP.NET Developer WPF Rick Strahl's WPF Localization Guidance Paper Posted on CodePlex Connected Systems (WCF, WF, Azure Services, etc) Windows Azure, A conversation with Davi... (More)

Posted Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:15:07 GMT
By Rocky Lhotka

I’ve updated my prototype MCsla project to work on the “Olso” May CTP. The update took some effort, because there are several subtle changes in the syntax of “Oslo” grammars and instance data. What complicated this a little, is that I am using a custom DSL compiler because the standard mgx.exe ... (More)

Posted Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:03 GMT
By Michele Bustamante

I have never run into this problem before, but I just realized that in WCF applications when I provide a certificate reference with FindBySubjectName - it can fail if you have two similarly named (not identical) certificates. I don't think this is by design, it has to be a bug, b... (More)

Posted Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:41:01 GMT
By Scott Hanselman

All of the talks at this year's Norwegian Developer's Conference were recorded, which is always a treat. I did four talks as well as a live .NET Rocks show. It was a crazy week. I also recorded a half-dozen great podcasts. Three are already live on Hanselminutes and I've got more in the hopper comi... (More)

Posted Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:44:35 GMT
By David Chappell

In the last few months, I’ve run across lots of good technical books. Here are a few of my favorites:- RESTful .NET, by Jon Flanders. Like most former SOAPafarians, I’ve come to be a big believer in the value of REST. SOAP still has value, but a RESTful approach is better in plenty of situations. Mi... (More)