The WCF Team at Microsoft just posted their LitWare Training sample application (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/litwaremashup) on the MSDN Code Gallery website. The Litware Training application is a sample application using WCF and the WCF REST Starter Kit to build a “Mashup” web site. LitWare Training is a fictitious training company that maintains registration for technical training courses. The main selling point for this fictitious company is that it provides a rich, integrated user experience by incorporating multiple services that exist on the internet.
This sample application includes more products and services mashed together than any other application that I’ve seen. Among the many services and products featured in this application are:
- ASP.NET
- Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2
- SQL Server 2008
- Entity Framework
- Unity
- jQuery with AJAX
- Silverlight
- Virtual Earth
- Live Search
- Amazon
- ATOM/RSS Feeds Viewer
At twentysix New York I worked very closely with Kent Brown from Microsoft on this reference application. Please download the code, take a look, and leave me feedback on this blog if you have any questions. Additionally, I will be producing a series of screencasts reviewing and demonstrating this application. Please stay tuned to my blog for updates and links when those screencasts get posted.