Mark Fussell's WebLogDistributed Life. XML, WSE and WCF.Car Anti-Innovation- May 26, 2006 Here is an interesting fact that I read in the latest edition of the BBC Wildlife magazine which I thought summed up the car industry's attitude to fuel. "US cars average 20.8 mpg. The Model T Ford managed 25mpg, the Ford Explorer SUV does 16mpg". That's nearly 100 years of innovation! But, I can remotely eject 15 cupholders and flip down 5 TV screens from my car key fob.http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2006/05/26/607834.aspx So you want to learn WSE 3.0 A short primer on how and where to start.- May 26, 2006 A question that I often get asked is - How do I get started learning about WSE 3.0 and what considerations need to be made when building secure Web services So I have put together some essential steps to help get you started on the road with WSE 3.0 along with some estimated times. I have also included some projects to spark ideas that you can build, because in the end that is the only true way to learn. 1) First go to the WSE Home Page...http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2006/05/25/607820.aspx MapCruncher - A seriously cool map mashup creation tool- May 26, 2006 I went to a talk today on the newly released MapCuncher tool and was awed by its capabilities and posibilities. In a nutshell this tools enable you to take any map (PDF, bitmap etc), load up MSN Virtual Earth and then plot points between the two. After a minimum of 5-10 points it can nearly perfectly superimpose the two of top of each other. You are then able to generate a bunch of javascript and HTML files which can be published to any web site. The end result is that in a matter of 30...http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2006/05/25/607789.aspx WSE 3.0 in June 2006 MSDN Magazine- May 24, 2006 Great to see Aaron continuing to give WSE 3.0 love in his Service Station column. Now I just have to finish my "WCF for WSE Developers" article which keeps looking back at me half finished from my desk as a pile of scribbled notes. Currently I am attempting to churn out the security conceptual documentation for WCF along with Gudge and Jan, so you can blamepraise us for the final version. Suffice to say that there is plenty to explain given that security is a sprawling...http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2006/05/24/605736.aspx Biztalk WSE 3.0 Adapter Ships- May 24, 2006 Jesus Rodriguez with Two Connect has filled the last gaping need for WSE 3.0 by delivering a Biztalk 2006 adapter which you can get here. We did a webcast together with Jesus doing a bunch of great demos to show off its capabilities. You can watch the webcast here. The feature that has saved me many times with customers is the easy with which you can configure the WSE 3.0 policy pipeline processing. For example at the end of last week I faced a mail from a customer who wanted to..http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2006/05/24/605724.aspx |