In the previous sections, we created a C#/XAML client to call the RESTful WCF service from the code behind C# class. In the next sections, we will create a JavaScript client to call the RESTful WCF service. We will first call the service using jQuery and then using WinJS.
You can follow these steps to create the JavaScript client:
From the Solution Explorer, right-click on the solution item and add a new project. Choose JavaScript | Store Apps | Windows Apps | Blank App (Windows) as the template, change the name to
RESTNorthwindClientJS
, and leave the location to be the default one (C:\SOAwithWCFandEF\Projects\RESTNorthwind
).Again, you might be prompted to get a developer's license to create a Windows app. Just follow the instructions to get a new one or renew an existing one and then continue.
Now, first add some HTML controls to the default page. Just open the
default.html
file and replace the body node...