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SOA Manifesto 27 Oct 2009 | 09:45 am
I've just gotten through reading the SOA Manifesto and reactions from (among others) Jim Webber and Stefan Tilkov and I can't help feeling the whole thing is a missed opportunity. In particular you'l...
RESTful Web Services Cookbook - Review of Rough Cut 23 Sep 2009 | 09:05 am
I've just finished reading the rough cut of RESTful Web Services Cookbook by Subbu Allamaraju and Mike Amundsen and thought I'd write a very quick review. Ultimately the book fills a gap in the marke...
WCF and REST 12 Sep 2009 | 11:53 pm
I'm on a project that was using WCF and we've managed to make the transition to using REST (well, to be honest so far its just POX). REST is a joy and I really find it such a pleasant experience comp...
E-VAN Blog and Videos 12 Jul 2009 | 09:13 am
Jan has already posted about it but we have a new E-VAN blog which includes links to the recording of the excellent presentation Alan Dean gave on REST and a link to the next one that Ian Robinson and...
E-VAN - Alan Dean talking on REST (6th July 2009) 25 Jun 2009 | 08:10 am
First off if you didn't watch Udi Dahan talk on the SOA then you missed a treat, a real pro speaking on a topic that he and a very few others in the .NET space are way ahead of the rest of us on. Bril...
Book Review - SOA Patterns (First 5 Chapters) 25 May 2009 | 12:29 am
I'll cut straight to the chase, I definitely recommend SOA Patterns to anyone interested in SOA. Even though its currently only available in MEAP, and is a bit rough and ready, and isn't complete, it...
Next Europe VAN - 1st June 2009 - Questions for Udi Dahan 18 May 2009 | 07:06 am
Udi Dahan has been kind enough to agree to do the next Europe VAN and suggested that we all put forward our questions for him to answer. Its a great chance to ask him about DDD/SOA/CQS/messaging/NSer...
Book Review - RESTful .NET 11 May 2009 | 08:53 am
Since we are using REST on top of WCF on my current project I was glad to see that this book had been written as I was hoping it would answer some questions I had. However my first issue with this bo...
E-VAN Videos Reminder 7 May 2009 | 06:49 am
Just to remind people that Jan has put the videos for the first two E-VAN presentations online: http://www.vimeo.com/user1286822 Mark Nijhof's excellent presentation on FubuMVC will be up as soon as...
Next Europe VAN - 25th February 2009 16 Feb 2009 | 06:44 am
After a bit of discussion Jan and I have decided that for now it seems to make sense to run the Europe VAN every two weeks, we have discussed having more open discussions on alternate weeks but we'll ...
