Sometimes we are victims of our own cleverness. I could not figure out why my web service call was taking so long. After all, the service was local, the data was a simple query to the local database, and the response was tiny. So what’s the deal? Then I found this in my code in the DownloadStrin
[http://www.amazon.com/Data-Services-Silverlight-John-Papa/dp/0596523092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218389224&sr=8-1] Here is a small/basic but useful sample to create a progress bar in XAML that is updated when making a call to a RESTful web service using WebClient (in my case) f
I had projected the NY Giants roster a 1 week and a half ago [https://www.johnpapa.net/football/ny-giants-ndash-final-2008-roster-projection/] before Osi Umenyiora season ending injury. Obviously his spot is now up for grabs by someone else. Likely another DE. There have been some other developments
I have a pretty good technical review for my book, Data Services with Silverlight 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Data-Services-Silverlight-John-Papa/dp/0596523092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220030780&sr=1-1] . There are some who are focusing on the entire book, some who are reading certai
I had to ask Laurel from O’Reilly what type of bird was on the cover of my book [http://www.amazon.com/Data-Services-Silverlight-John-Papa/dp/0596523092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218389224&sr=8-1] . They decide what goes on the cover and I have no idea how they decide, but since i
