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Extending the Reach of your Applications

Extending the Reach of your Applications. Jeremy Boyd & John-Daniel Trask Mindscape. Lots of ground to cover!  New concepts, code!  Look for code, samples and presentation downloads. jeremy@mindscape.co.nz jd@mindscape.co.nz http://www.mindscape.co.nz. Remoteness…. 1990. 2000. 2007.

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Extending the Reach of your Applications

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  1. Extending the Reach of your Applications Jeremy Boyd & John-Daniel Trask Mindscape

  2. Lots of ground to cover!  • New concepts, code!  • Look for code, samples and presentation downloads. jeremy@mindscape.co.nz jd@mindscape.co.nz http://www.mindscape.co.nz

  3. Remoteness…

  4. 1990

  5. 2000

  6. 2007 So Many Possibilities!

  7. Example

  8. What has enabled this? • Prevalence of Internet • Broadband is driving richer experience • Users expect to be connected • XML • Standard protocols for exchange of data (RSS, SOAP)

  9. Software+Services Windows Presentation Foundation Office 2007 Client Sharepoint Web Parts Software

  10. Background Motion • Lightweight build: 3 weeks • Consumes resources from • Flickr, Soapbox, GeoTagIt • Also publishes services and data

  11. How do you get started? • Publish RSS • Allow your content to be syndicated • Expose Web Services • Open (ASP.NET 2.0 or WCF) • Secure (WCF) • Expose an OpenSearch provider • Let users search directly from their browser

  12. Easy Reach for your applications

  13. Surfaces • Internet • Data (RSS) and Services • Platform Surfaces • Windows Vista • Mobile • Media Center • Application Surfaces • Microsoft Office 2007

  14. Windows Vista Desktop • Existing Opportunities • Desktop client (Windows Forms) • New Opportunities • Rich client (Windows Presentation Foundation) • Mini app (Sidebar Gadget)

  15. Windows Presentation Foundation • Unified approach to UI, Documents and Media • Integrated, vector-based composition engine • Declarative model (XAML) • Brings designers and developers together • Flexible Deployment

  16. Windows Presentation Foundation

  17. Vista Sidebar Gadgets • Easy to use “mini applications” • Designed to be informative or functional • Designed to have low intrusion • Allows reach for existing applications or services

  18. Vista Sidebar Gadgets

  19. Sidebar Gadgets

  20. SharePoint Web Parts • Created for SharePoint 2003 • Empowers users • Great for content delivery

  21. ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts • Web Parts outside SharePoint • Even better for content delivery!

  22. Building Web Parts on WSS v3

  23. Call to Action • Publish an RSS Feed • Publish an OpenSearch Provider • http://tinyurl.com/zda68 • Download and install WSS 3.0 • Build a Web Part • Build a Sidebar Gadget

  24. Questions? Email: jeremy@mindscape.co.nz jd@mindscape.co.nz Blogs: http://www.turtle.net.nz/blog http://blog.bluecog.co.nz http://www.mindscape.co.nz/blog

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