Introducing Two-Way Data Binding using Silverlight 2.0, WCF and LINQ to SQL
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This is my fourth article in a series focusing on Silverlight 2.0 development using Visual Studio 2008. Technically, we will have Silverlight 2.0 controls accessing a regular WCF Service and do an INSERT operation against the database using the “LINQ to SQL” model.
This article assumes that you have a minimum knowledge of technologies like "LINQ to SQL," "WCF," "Silverlight" and so forth. If you don't, and you need step-by-step instructions for the above technologies, please go through the following links.
If you are new to Silverlight 2.0 development, please refer to the following articles before going ahead (available at http://www.aspfree.com/cp/bio/Jagadish-Chatarji/):
Beginning Silverlight 2.0 Development using Visual Studio 2008
Developing a Silverlight 2.0 Application that Consumes a WCF Service using Visual Studio 2008
Silverlight 2.0 Application Development with LINQ to SQL and WCF Service (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
For this article, I upgraded my development machine from "Silverlight 2.0 tools RC 1" to "Silverlight 2.0 tools RTM." My machine now is equipped with the following environment:
To make this article simple, I created a table structure as seen at http://cid-41050f68f010a662.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/images/DeptEmp.gif
The entire source code for this article is available in the form of a free downloadable zip file. The solution was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition (with SP1) with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (with SP2) with Silverlight 2.0 (RTM). I didn't really test it in any other environment. I request that you post in the discussion area if you have any problems in execution.
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