Producing and Consuming OData in a Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Application

The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an open web protocol for querying and updating data. It allows for the consumer to query the datasource (usually over HTTP) and retrieve the results in Atom, JSON or plain XML format, including pagination, ordering or filtering of the data.In this ebook, Silverlight MVP Michael Crump is going to show you how to produce an OData Data Source and consume it using Silverlight 4 and Windows Phone 7. Read the ebook to have a deep understanding of OData and how you may use it in your own applications. Downloadable source code available for each chapter.This ebook is based on SilverlightShow.net 4-part article series 'Producing and Consuming OData in a Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 application' ( About the Crump is a Silverlight MVP and MCPD that has been involved with computers in one way or another for as long as he can remember, but started professionally in 2002. After spending years working as a systems administrator/tech support analyst, Michael branched out and started developing internal utilities that automated repetitive tasks and freed up full-time employees. From there, he was offered a job working at McKesson corporation and has been working with some form of .NET and VB/C# since 2003.He shares his findings in his personal and he also tweets