The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a Web protocol for querying and updating data that provides a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today. OData does this by applying and building upon Web technologies such as HTTP,  Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to…

ASP.NET Web API is a framework for building HTTP services that can reach a broad range of clients including browsers, phones and tablets. ASP.NET Web API ships with ASP.NET MVC 4 and is part of the Microsoft web platform. You can read more about Web API in my earlier article @ http://65.1.162.244/blog/say-hello-to-asp-net-web-api/ As I mentioned…

ASP.NET MVC 4 now includes ASP.NET Web API, Which is formerly known as WCF Web API. In this article I am not digging into any details of Web API. I am going to explain through a sample how to create a Web API as part of ASP.NET MVC 4 solution. Web API is not just…