Archive for March, 2009
Hobby projects and books
I haven’t had time for any article writing lately, because of the simple fact that I have prioritized my hobby projects.
I have finally started using the ASP.NET MVC Framework, together with jQuery and a RESTful web service, using the WCF REST Starter kit. These frameworks and libraries are some really great stuff! Have a look at my project blog on http://develop.freddes.se/blog.
My good friend Gabriel Svennerberg, writing about useability on http://www.svennerberg.com, told me about a new book coming out soon, about the ASP.NET MVC Framework. There is a sample chapter available for downloading on http://www.asp.net/mvc. I haven’t read it yet, but will do so as soon as possible. Right now I’m reading another book, RESTful Web Services by by Leonard Richardson (Author), Sam Ruby (Author), David Heinemeier Hansson (Foreword), which is a great book so far.
REST really is the right path to take
The last week I’ve been busy, or shall I say lost in the world of RESTful Services. I have been reading white papers, watching screencasts, trying out the WCF REST Starter Kit on http://msdn.microsoft.com/wcf/rest and been totally amazed by the philosophy of RESTfulness.
Since I have been implementing SOAP web services for quite a while now, I have had a fairly ignorant attitude to the REST architecture up until the ASP.NET MVC Framework has gained popularity in the web development world. This along with me, just by a coincidence, stumbling into the WCF REST Starter Kit was enough to be convinced that REST really is the way to do it, developing services to be published on the web that is.