Has anyone come across an example of a non .Net consumer of an ADO.NET Data Service? I am on the second day of looking at what Astoria is and how it can be used. I am also trying to answer why would I use this instead of a web service?
After getting my examples running, I kind get the RESTful approach to getting data out the system. And, plugging it into a .net client is incredibly easy. But, then I wondered how a non-.NET consumer would go about it.
Any ideas (pointers) definitely appreciated…
Best Answer
Well since ADO.NET Data Services exposes itself as a RESTful service anything that can make RESTful calls to a URI can properly use the service. I think rather than looking for .NET related to X technology you should look up the technology you're using (Python, PHP, Whatever) on how to call RESTful services. Once ADO.NET hosts the data service... it's up and for anyone to use.