You can now start building WinRT apps with OData

Thursday, August 23 2012 - Data Access

Many devs have been waiting for a toolkit so they can consume OData from [Metro] “Windows Store” apps they are building. The Release Candidate of these tools is now on the download center:

WCF Data Services Tools for Windows Store Apps RC:

“The WCF Data Services Tools for Windows Store Apps installer extends the Add Service Reference experience with client-side OData support for Windows Store Apps in Visual Studio 2012.”

 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30714

Mark Stafford from the OData team has written two blog posts that walk you through using the tooling and creating a WinRT (aka Windows Store) app

OData 101: Building our first OData-based Windows Store app (Part 1)

OData 101: Building our first OData-based Windows Store app (Part 2)

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#1 James Portelli on 9.08.2012 at 2:18 PM

What is Microsoft's position for line of business applications in WinRT apps ?

#2 Janne on 9.27.2012 at 9:22 AM

Nice find! I'm just creating my first Windows Store app with WCF support and the OData support could become handy as I'm also planning on using that data source elsewhere.

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