Last week I introduced a new screencast on another OData Developer tool. It was about how to use LinqPad to query OData service with C#, LINQ & WCF Data Services Client APIs.

The screencast shows how to use LinqPad to connect to and query OData Services using LINQ and WCF Data Services Client APIs. Showing how LinqPad can be useful as a developer tool to test queries against any OData Service.

I case you missed it, you can watch it on ODataPrimer website. You can also download an HD video (~48Mbs). The package contains 2 videos. One of them is the one hosted and it’s a 10 min video. And the other is ~14 min. I had to trim it to fit into youtube. The 14 min video contains additional stuff in case you are interested.

You can also subscribe to ODataPrimer channel on yourtube for future updates and videos.

Hope you’ll enjoy it.

Last week I introduced a screencast talking about OData Visualizer Extension for VS2010 on http://odataprimer.com community.

It’s a How-To video on how to download, install and start working with OData Visualizer Extension for Visual Studio.Net 2010. OData Visualizer is an extension for VS2010 made by Microsoft Data Modeling team

I case you missed it, you can watch it on ODataPrimer website. You can also download an HD video (~35Mbs).

You can also subscribe to ODataPrimer channel on yourtube for future updates and videos.

Hope you’ll enjoy it.

I wanted to have good short start overview on WCF. My first pick was from Microsoft E-Learning, Clinic 6264: Introducing Windows Communication Foundation using .Net Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008. For me, it was a great choice, exactly what I need to start my learning steps on WCF.

Here I'm going to write my review about this Free E-Learning Course which is part of a Free E-Learning Collection, Collection 6261: Developing Rich Experiences using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008.

Course Objectives:

• Describe WCF and provide scenarios for building WCF applications.
• Describe WCF features for developers of service-oriented applications.
• Describe how to create a WCF service.
• Describe how to create and invoke a WCF client.
• Describe how to customize WCF with behaviors.
• Describe bindings in WCF.
• Explain the main features of WCF security.
• Describe reliability in WCF applications.

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This collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics teaches about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.5. These clinics are for experienced Developers and Software Architects who are looking to adopt Microsoft's next generation technology within their solutions.

Collection 6261: Developing Rich Experiences using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008:

• Clinic 6262: Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation using .Net Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008
• Clinic 6263: Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation using .Net Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008
• Clinic 6264: Introducing Windows Communication Foundation using .Net Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008

This is a one year subscription offer for free. I've already take Clinic 6262 and started with Clinic 6264. I must say I am ignorant about these new technology and I decided to start from scratch and have an overview over them before starting reading more detailed materials. And it needs total of 2 hours for each clinic.