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

Extending the Reach of your Applications

Jeremy Boyd & John-Daniel TraskMindscape

• Lots of ground to cover! • New concepts, code! • Look for code, samples and

presentation downloads.

[email protected]@mindscape.co.nz

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Remoteness…

1990

2000

2007

So Many Possibilities!

Example

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)

Software+Services

WindowsPresentationFoundation

Office 2007 Client

SharepointWeb PartsSoftware

Background Motion

• Lightweight build: 3 weeks• Consumes resources from

• Flickr, Soapbox, GeoTagIt• Also publishes services and data

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

Easy Reach for your applications

Surfaces

• Internet– Data (RSS) and Services

• Platform Surfaces– Windows Vista– Mobile– Media Center

• Application Surfaces– Microsoft Office 2007

Windows Vista Desktop

• Existing Opportunities– Desktop client (Windows Forms)

• New Opportunities– Rich client (Windows Presentation

Foundation)– Mini app (Sidebar Gadget)

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

Windows Presentation Foundation

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

Vista Sidebar Gadgets

Sidebar Gadgets

SharePoint Web Parts

• Created for SharePoint 2003• Empowers users• Great for content delivery

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts

• Web Parts outside SharePoint• Even better for content delivery!

Building Web Partson WSS v3

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

Questions?

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