O’Matrix… “OData Helper for WebMatrix” [Beta]

James Senior's Blog - Announcing the OData Helper for WebMatrix Beta

“I’m a big fan of working smarter, not harder.  I hope you are too.  That’s why I’m excited by the helpers in WebMatrix which are designed to make your life easier when creating websites.  There are a range of Helpers available out of the box with WebMatrix – you’ll use these day in, day out when creating websites – things like Data access, membership, WebGrid and more.  Get more information on the built-in helpers here.

It’s also possible to create your own helpers (more on that in a future blog post) to enable other people to use your own services or widgets.  We are are currently working on a community site for people to share and publicize their own helpers – stay tuned for more information on that. 

Today we are releasing the OData Helper for WebMatrix.  Designed to make it easier to use OData services in your WebMatrix website, we are open sourcing it on CodePlex and is available for you to download, use, explore and also contribute to.  You can download it from the CodePlex website.

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CodePlex - OData Helper

“The OData Helper for WebMatrix and ASP.NET Web Pages allows you to easily retrieve and update data from any service that exposes its data using the OData Protocol.

Get Started in 60 seconds

1. Download the OData Helper DLL
2. In your WebMatrix project, create a folder named "bin" off the root
3. Copy the OData Helper DLL there
4. Check out the documentation
5. Start writing queries!

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A couple of my favorite things… OData, example of extending a development environment, and the courage to release source code… :)

BTW, if you haven’t checked it out recently, you should wonder by the OData Primer wiki. This wiki is currently a curated list of resources, links and information about OData (for example, I added the above post to it before writing this… ;) It’s OData for the community by the community.

(via Channel 9 - Announcing the OData Helper for WebMatrix)

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