Windows phone 7, WCF, and SQL Azure

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
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/

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