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Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook

By : Ramesh Thalli

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Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook

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By: Ramesh Thalli

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Overview of this book

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango contains support for apps written in Silverlight or XNA. These apps can store data on the device, and also load and manipulate data from "the cloud" and other web services.This Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook has a range of recipes to help you apply data handling concepts. You will be able to apply the knowledge gained from these recipes to build your own apps effectively. This Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook starts with data binding concepts at the UI layer and then shows different ways of saving data locally and externally in databases. The book ends with a look at the popular MVVM software design pattern. The recipes contained in this book will make you an expert in the areas of data access and storage.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Data Binding to UI Elements

Introduction

Element binding

DataContext

Data Templates

How DataMode is used

Converting data for display

Building a simple app

2. Isolated Storage

Introduction

Saving user settings

Opening and creating a file

Saving username and password to a local store

Saving a background image to local storage

3. XML as a Data Store

Introduction

Opening a local XML file

Navigating the XML file

Opening a remote XML file

Object serialization to XML

4. Using Open Data

Introduction

Consuming OData services

Searching OData services

CRUD operations with OData

5. Using On-Device Databases

Introduction

Overview of SQLite Studio

SQLite Client as an embedded database

Using SQLite as a local store for the MyTasks App

SQL CE as a local store

McObject Perst as an embedded object database

6. Representational State Transfer—REST

Introduction

Consuming RSS Feeds

Using the Twitter API

Building a simple REST service

7. Windows Communication Framework—WCF

Introduction

Writing and consuming a simple web service

Building a service layer using WCF

WCF using ADO.NET Entity Framework

Using LINQ to SQL for creating the service

8. Model View ViewModel

Introduction

Simple MVVM application

Using MVVM Light Toolkit

Updating the MVVM application

Index

Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook

By : Ramesh Thalli

Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook

By: Ramesh Thalli

Overview of this book

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