Yeah, originally I thought the same too, filling a gap, but it I believe with my amateur time with doing WP7 development, this is mainly the canonical way of consuming data for WP7 apps, always makes me wonder why, as it seems heavy over 3G for phones transmitting this verbose bunch of XML data.
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting, if it's not good practice to send back entities over > WCF, then why is WCF Data Services around? That's a curious question I have. > **** > > I’m just reporting what my books say. I generally agree with them for large > scale apps.**** > > Entity Framework 4 In > Action<http://www.amazon.com/Entity-Framework-Action-Stefano-Mostarda/dp/1935182188> > Entity > Framework<http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Entity-Framework-Julia-Lerman/dp/059652028X> > **** > > I reckon WCF Data Services are just another one of those so-called RAD > hobby toys that Microsoft trotted out to impress people at SIGs. I wouldn’t > create a monolithic app with that stuff if you paid me ... well, maybe if > you paid me!**** > > Greg**** >
