Comments on: WCF Data Services vs WCF RIA Services

By: Guru

Guru — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:12:14 +0000

Thank You. It is clear and right to the point.

By: rizwan ahmed

rizwan ahmed — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:32:23 +0000

Good summary but, you did mention you recommendation about which service is good for silverlight development.

By: George

George — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:52:13 +0000

Thank for your post! But there are some commercial products, that can be interesting in the fiels of WCF\RIA Services

http://www.ideablade.com/
http://datumnode.com

By: ram charan

ram charan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:09:45 +0000

Thanks for that good comparision.
Saved me a lot of time

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:01:23 +0000

Thank you. Good helpful summary.

By: Kiran Asokan

Kiran Asokan — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:05:08 +0000

WCF RIA services can easily expose SOAP,Odata or Json end points. So if you have lot of SL clients use the regular ria and other clients can use soap/odata or json …
Now isn’t it better to move to WCF RIA services rather than building WCF data services ?

By: Vaughn Bigham

Vaughn Bigham — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:42:05 +0000

Thanks for the side by side. Very nice, exactly what I was looking for.

By: Maheswaran

Maheswaran — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:49:55 +0000

This indeed simple and clear to understand the differences btw two services.

By: Rui Craveiro

Rui Craveiro — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:19:47 +0000

Great summary! This really helps in getting the big picture of where the two stacks fit. Thanks!