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December 2004 - Posts

Proof-of-concept implementation of WS-MetadataExchange for ASMX
Nice work by Jef Newsom. Although I cannot see any complete sample or even a download for it... Read More
posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:30 AM with 0 Comments

Do you believe in Web services in 2005?
Simon and I do. They finally will have their breakthrough - cross fingers. Read More
posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:33 AM with 0 Comments

Is *your* software baroque?
Interesting read... maybe Microsoft will include these ideas and concepts into a future version of VSTS? The Fugue protocol checker: Is your software Baroque? Even in a safe programming language, such as C# or Java, disobeying the rules for using an Read More
posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:09 AM with 0 Comments

IBM developerWorks article on how to achieve better Web services interoperability
...and I must say that they just think doing it this way is good... Web services programming tips and tricks: Improve interoperability between J2EE technology and .NET, Part 1: WSDL, RPC/encoded style, and WS-I conformance Weaving together Web services Read More
posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:51 AM with 0 Comments

The Web services empire strikes back - Code generation: properties instead of fields
Part 1: The Web services empire strikes back - Introductory thoughts Part 2: The Web services empire strikes back - Inner Workings Part 3: The Web services empire strikes back - Web Services in Visual Studio 2005 Part 4: The Web services empire strikes Read More
posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:00 AM with 0 Comments

MSDN Online.de Christmas Web Cast
Yesterday, fellow RD Bernd Marquardt, Jens Häupel (DE from Microsoft Germany), and myself did the famous MSDN Online Weinhachts WebCast (Christmas web cast). Besides giving away a number of presents - like books, VS.NET copies, mugs and the like Read More
posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 1:06 AM with 0 Comments

Completely OT: It truly doesn't travel well
Being German I like beer. I tried it at several places all over the world. This draught is gorgeous. But there is an Irisih saying that "Guinness doesn't travel". And It is *so* true. After the IrishDev Christmas Event in Dublin last week I had the Read More
posted Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:24 AM with 1 Comments

IBM updates ETTK: now version 2.2
IBM updates its Emerging Technologies Toolkit (ETTK) bits which include a lot of interesting Web services stuff. The new version 2.2 also includes updated implementations of WS-MetadataExchange (9/04 spec version) and WS-Addressing (8/04 spec version). Read More
posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:33 PM with 0 Comments

Why I (still) count on Web services
;) Read More
posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:26 PM with 0 Comments

Illustration: Schema-based Contract-first Design depicted
As I am currently writing some articles for a German magazine, it happend I had to draw a picture that shows the four phases involved in a schema-based contract-first Web services design process. So here ist the international version of the picture [click Read More
posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:17 AM with 1 Comments

WSCF 0.4 Walkthrough updated
I just updated WSCF's walkthrough document a bit - it now includes a download link for the sample's contract metadata files. Just in case you are running into any trouble while following the document's instructions. Thanks. Read More
posted Monday, December 13, 2004 3:21 AM with 0 Comments

Know your policy
IBM has a nice write-up of WS-Policy processing: Understand WS-Policy processing - Explore Intersection, Merge, and Normalization in WS-Policy WS-Policy is becoming a crucial component of the Web services framework. It is likely that most Web services Read More
posted Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:01 AM with 0 Comments

Effective XML Schema design for WSCF
I am blogging this link again - because we cannot read the information contained in this presentation often enough. XML Schema design best practices, especially targeted at the Web services developer - and therefore at everyone using WSCF. Using XML Read More
posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:45 PM with 1 Comments

WSCF 0.4: Web services Contract-First Design & Development - for real!
OK, it's about time. There has been a lot of buzz around schema-based contract-first Web services design & development lately. Nearly everybody thinks that it is a good thing, and that we finally should reach a state where we all can live and breath Read More
posted Monday, December 06, 2004 11:59 AM with 3 Comments

OT: Batches for sending Windows into standby or shutting it down
UPDATE: Raymond Chen pointed out that there might occur unpredictable problems when using my StandbyMe batch file. This is because that its function signature is incorrect. He also adds some links for further and deeper information: Platform SDK: Power Read More
posted Sunday, December 05, 2004 6:34 AM with 0 Comments

WSCF 0.4 with command line interface
It is decided: we will release WSCF 0.4 with a new command line interface to all code generation features - we tested this command line tool in a few real world projects and it seems stable enough to be distributed ;) Version 0.4 also comes with a WSDL Read More
posted Friday, December 03, 2004 5:24 AM with 1 Comments

What's in a name? WSCF
Just a side-note: We will move away from the name 'WsContractFirst' to simply use 'WSCF' from now on. Yes, WSCF is pronounced after the same rule WSE (Wizzy) is ;) So it is more like .. Wizzcaff. Read More
posted Friday, December 03, 2004 2:02 AM with 4 Comments

Some misc Web services and SO design & programming resources
Just for my reference (at least): Web services programming tips and tricks: Learn simple, practical Web services design patterns, Part 1  Web services programming tips and tricks: Learn simple, practical Web services design patterns, Part 2  Read More
posted Friday, December 03, 2004 1:09 AM with 2 Comments


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