WCF Data Services vs WCF RIA Services
I spent a little time today taking a high level look at these (largely) data access solutions as I was a little confused, along with the rest of the developer population it seems, as to when and why they should be used. Here are some of the useful links I located care of google: http://wildermuth.com/2009/09/29/Choosing_a_Data_Access_Layer_for_Silverlight_3 http://wildermuth.com/2010/2/21/The_State_of_Data_Access_in_Silverlight http://wildermuth.com/2010/7/8/State_of_Data_Access_in_Silverlight_4 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/endpoint/archive/2010/01/04/wcf-data-services-ria-services-alignment-questions-and-answers.aspx http://ayende.com/blog/4390/a-marketing-mistake-wcf-data-services-wcf-ria-services http://jack.ukleja.com/wcf-data-services-vs-wcf-ria-services/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee707344(v=vs.91).aspx http://andrewtokeley.net/archive/2009/11/01/ria-services-ndash-ado.net-data-services-and-wcf.aspx I was a little disappointed in the conclusions I was able...