Thank you all who attended!  Chris provided his slides that contain alot of useful OData information.  Be sure to download and use as reference when you implement OData!

Please join us and INETA speaker Chris Woodruff on Tuesday November 29th 2011 as he gives an introduction to the OData protocol, how to produce a OData service and finally how to implement an OData service on Windows using the WCF Data Services product. 

Attendance is simple (and free) – simply reply in email with "RSVP" in the subject line and remember to forward this invite to any of your friends or colleagues who may want to attend.

This meeting is sponsored by reUrgency and INETA, and we anticipate honored guests from staffing firms in our area looking to place .Net developers (more information coming). 

reUrgency is a team of professionals with expertise in development, user experience, and design.  To learn about Reurgency and discover how their team can help your organization, visit http://www.reurgency.com/who-we-are.html. 

INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. Our mission is to offer assistance and resources to community groups that promote and educate their membership in Microsoft's .NET technologies. INETA welcomes all facets of the .NET user community, from developers and architects to project managers and IT professionals.

The Introduction of Producing an Open Data Protocol (OData) feed for Data Access

The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an open protocol for sharing data. It provides a way to break down data silos and increase the shared value of data by creating an ecosystem in which data consumers can interoperate with data producers in a way that is far more powerful than currently possible, enabling more applications to make sense of a broader set of data. Every producer and consumer of data that participates in this ecosystem increases its overall value.

In this talk Chris will provide an introduction to this protocol, how to produce a OData service and finally how to implement an OData service on Windows using the WCF Data Services product.

 
Chris Woodruff (or Woody as he is commonly known as) has a degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University’s College of Engineering. Woody has been developing and architecting software solutions for almost 15 years and has worked in many different platforms and tools. He is a community leader, helping such events as Day of .NET Ann Arbor and West Michigan Day of .NET. He was also instrumental in bringing the popular Give Camp event to Western Michigan where technology professionals lend their time and development expertise to assist local non-profits. As a speaker and podcaster, Woody has spoken and discussed a variety of topics, including database design and open source. He is a Microsoft MVP in Data Platform Development. Woody is the co-host of the popular podcast “Deep Fried Bytes” and blogs at www.chriswoodruff.com. He is the President of the West Michigan .NET User Group and also is a co-founder of the software architecture online portal nPlus1.org.

Meeting Information

Tuesday November 29th at 6:30pm

Wakeman's Parkview Room – Downtown Lakeland near Harry’s Restaurant

101 North Kentucky Ave.
Lakeland, FL 33801
(863) 686-2228
Fax (863) 686-1165