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Beginner's Guide to WCF Data Services

This page contains resources to help developers get up to speed with WCF Data Services. For more resources see the Resources & Community page.

Creating the OData Server

Getting Started With OData Part 1: Building an OData Service from a relational database

Building an OData Service (Part I)

  • Learn the basics of building a WCF Data Service from data in a relational database
Getting Started With OData Part 2: Building an OData Service from Any Data Source

Building an OData Service (Part II)

  • Learn the basics of creating a WCF Data Service from data not stored in a database

Consuming OData

Consuming OData using .NETConsuming OData using .NETConsuming OData using jQueryConsuming OData using jQuery
    
Consuming OData with SilverlightConsuming OData using SilverlightConsuming OData using Windows Phone 7Consuming OData using Windows Phone 7
    
Consuming OData with PHPConsuming OData using PHPConsuming OData using Objective-CConsuming OData using Objective C

 

 

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More Resources

WCF Data Services Team Blog

Read new content from the team every week!

OData.org

Learn about – and contribute to – the OData protocol

Hands-on Labs

Quickly evaluate or learn about WCF Data Services with these hands-on labs.

ConnectConnect

Submit bugs for WCF Data Services

MSDN MagazineMSDN Magazine

Read in-depth articles on WCF Data Services

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