What this book covers

Chapter 1, Building OData Services, introduces how we can use WCF Data Services to create OData services based on various kind of data sources such as ADO.NET Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, and custom data objects.

Chapter 2, Working with OData at Client Side, shows how to consume OData services in client applications. This will cover how we can use strong-typed client proxy, WebRequest class, and unmanaged code to access OData services. You will also learn how to use OData query options, asynchronous query methods, and other client-side OData programming features.

Chapter 3, OData Service Hosting and Configuration, discusses some typical OData service hosting scenarios including IIS hosting, custom .NET application hosting, and Windows Azure cloud hosting. This chapter also covers some service configuration scenarios such as applying basic access rules, exposing error details, and enabling HTTP compression.

Chapter 4, Using OData in Web Application, talks about how to take advantage of OData services for developing various data-driven web applications including ASP.NET Web Form application, ASP.NET MVC application, Silverlight web application, AJAX style web application, and PHP web application.

Chapter 5, OData on Mobile Devices, demonstrates how to use OData services in mobile application development. Recipes in this chapter will cover the most popular mobile device platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7.

Chapter 6, Working with Public OData Producers, introduces some existing public products and services, which have adopted OData for exposing application data. The recipes in this chapter will demonstrate how to create client applications to consume data from these public OData producers.

Chapter 7, Working with Security, discusses some common and easy-to-use means for securing OData services. Topics covered in this chapter include applying Windows authentication, applying ASP.NET Forms authentication, using HTTPS transport, and implementing custom authentication/authorization code logic.

Chapter 8, Other OData Programming Tips, explores some trivial but useful OData programming topics. You will learn how to use some existing tools for testing and debugging OData services. This chapter also demonstrates how to consume OData services in Windows PowerShell scripts and Windows 8 Metro style applications.

Chapter 9, New Features of WCF Data Service 5.0 (OData V3), demonstrates some of the new features introduced in WCF Data Service 5.0 (OData V3). The new features covered in this chapter include geospatial types, "Any" and "All" query operators, Dynamic entity set URI resolving, Named Resource Stream, and custom Service Actions.