Why the Microsoft.Http library is awesome.
In various forums I a finding myself raving about this new library. I decided that I should write some blog posts on the subject for a few reasons. 1) to convince myself that there is actually some substance to my raving; 2) provide a place to point people to in order to substantiate my infatuation and 3) maybe encourage a few more people to use it before it gets relegated to the dustbin of Microsoft’s forgotten projects.
HttpClient – The basics
Before I go into any details I thought it would be valuable to give some basic examples of how to use the HTTPClient.
Oh Data
Since the recent PDC09 I have been obsessing over OData and I need to write this post just to get it out of my head. Microsoft has made it obvious that they are taking this protocol very seriously by integrating it into Sharepoint, Visual Studio, RIA Services, PowerPivot, and I expect to see it in the next version of Office and in the Dynamics products. I think it is a great direction to be headed but I also have concerns.