Chapter 9. Talking to WCF RIA Services

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Setting up a data solution to work with RIA Services
  • Getting data on the client
  • Sorting and filtering data
  • Persisting data to the server
  • Persisting a unit of work/changeset
  • Working with concurrency and transactions
  • Tracking a user's identity
  • Controlling a user's access to a service and service methods
  • Validating data using data annotations
  • Validating data using shared code
  • Using the DomainDataSource
  • Using the DomainDataSource to page through data
  • Sorting, filtering, and grouping data using the DomainDataSource

Introduction

Microsoft WCF RIA Services is a framework developed to simplify Line of Business RIA development. RIA Services addresses the complexity of building N-tier applications ...

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