Finally we arrive at the thrilling conclusion to my push notifications miniseries. This time we will actually push a notification to a device we have previously recorded. Posts in the series: Code on the device – This will handle everything you need to put into your wp7 app Code on the server – This will [...]

This is the second part in the mini series that is taking us through the steps of setting up push notifications for your windows phone 7 app. Posts in the series: Code on the device – This will handle everything you need to put into your wp7 app Code on the server – This will [...]

If you just want a simple way of connecting your web page to a .NET web service or page method using ajax, then the following snippet of javascript is for you. By the way, if you place a div with an id of “divLoader” somewhere on your page, it will automatically fade in during loading [...]

One of the cooler features of WCF web services is the ability to return your data in a range of different formats such as XML, JSON and ATOM, but what really sets it apart is just how easy it is to achieve. A Complete Example Here’s a cut down, but working example from one of [...]

The quickest and easiest way to serialize/deserialize JSON in Android is to use Google’s GSON library. It contains almost everything you need to connect your android application to a web service that returns JSON. I’ve also included a quick filter to successfully deserialize Microsoft styled dates from JSON to Java. Download the GSON library Go [...]

WCF RESTful Web Services can be a powerful tool for any web application, however there are a number of ways you can go wrong. This is a list of 5 ways you can save time and effort when designing and building a WCF RESTful Web Service.