The Microsoft Developer Show #16 - Building Occasionally Connected Applications
In the coming months we are likely to see a new style of applications being built. Although SQL Mobile has been around for some time, it has previously been restricted to applications designed for Windows Mobile devices or Tablet PCs. With the release of SQL Server Compact Edition desktop applications can be built and deployed with an in-process database that can be used to cache data locally. This is an enabling technology that will simplify the development of applications that can seamlessly work on or offline (similar to Outlook’s cached mode). In this podcast I talk with Steve Lasker about the future of building applications, in particular applications that are occasionally connected.
And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]
[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]
00:11 - Introduction - Steve Lasker
01:31 - Occassionally Connected Applications
05:56 - Caching data locally (Datasets, XML, MSDE, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Compact Edition)
07:26 - SQL Server Compact Edition
10:51 - SQL Server CE v’s Jet
13:56 - Migration from SQL Server CE through to SQL Server 2005
16:56 - SQL Server CE with ASP.NET
21:46 - Synchronisation technologies (Merge replication and RDA)
23:31 - Microsoft Sync Services
28:11 - Pay-to-Play for Synchronisation
33:06 - Merging of Web and Client application models - Intro WPF/e
38:11 - Future direction of WPF/e around mobile devices and local data
44:11 - Evolution of Applications in Summary
Listen to the show HERE