Building a 3-Tier App with Silverlight 3, .NET RIA Services, and Azure Table Storage

Modesty Zhang

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This article presents the techniques and caveats of building a 3-tire Azure hosted application using Silverlight 3 (presentation tier), .NET RIA services (business logic and data access), and Windows Azure Table (data storage).

azurelight_sourcecode.zip
- Azurelight
  - Azure
    - Azure.csproj
    - DomainServices
      - AzureDomainService.cs
      - AzureTypeDescriptionProvider.cs
    - Linq
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - StorageClient
  - Azurelight.sln
  - Azurelight
    - Azurelight
      - Azurelight.ccproj
      - Azurelight_WebRole
      - ServiceConfiguration.cscfg
      - ServiceDefinition.csdef
    - Azurelight_WebRole
      - App_Data
        
        Azurelight.mdf
        
        Azurelight_log.ldf
        
        AzurelightDbGen.sql
      - App_GlobalResources
        
        System.Web.Silverlight.dll
      - Azurelight_WebRole.csproj
      - AzurelightNav.aspx
      - ClientBin
      - Default.aspx
      - Default.aspx.cs
      - Default.aspx.designer.cs
      - Global.asax
      - Global.asax.cs
      - Model
        
        Survey.cs
        
        SurveyDataContext.cs
      - Properties
        
        AssemblyInfo.cs
      - Service
        
        SurveyService.cs
      - Silverlight.js
      - Web.config
  - AzurelightNav
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - AzurelightNav.csproj
    - Command
    - Control
      - AzurelightController.cs
    - Generated_Code
      - Azurelight_WebRole.g.cs
    - MainPage.xaml
    - MainPage.xaml.cs
    - Model
      - AzurelightModel.cs
    - Properties
      - AppManifest.xml
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Resources
    - SilverlightCairngorm
      - BindableBase.cs
      - BindableCollection.cs
      - Business
        
        CairngormDelegate.cs
        
        IServiceLocator.cs
        
        ServiceLocator.cs
      - CairngormError.cs
      - CairngormMessageCodes.cs
      - Command
        
        ICommand.cs
        
        IResponder.cs
      - Control
        
        CairngormEvent.cs
        
        CairngormEventArgs.cs
        
        CairngormEventDispatcher.cs
        
        FrontController.cs
      - Model
        
        ModelLocator.cs
      - Properties
        
        AssemblyInfo.cs
      - SilverlightCairngorm.csproj
    - Views


Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
# Visual Studio 2008
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	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
		{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA} = {5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Azurelight_WebRole", "Azurelight\Azurelight_WebRole\Azurelight_WebRole.csproj", "{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}"
	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
		{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB} = {28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "AzurelightNav", "AzurelightNav\AzurelightNav.csproj", "{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}"
	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
		{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C} = {008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Azure", "Azure\Azure.csproj", "{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{29192C3C-A5AB-437B-80DB-A813F5704F97}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{29192C3C-A5AB-437B-80DB-A813F5704F97}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{29192C3C-A5AB-437B-80DB-A813F5704F97}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{29192C3C-A5AB-437B-80DB-A813F5704F97}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{008596F1-A1E1-4C1A-88CE-298D4183B53C}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{5AC43625-0C8C-4B9F-9C7F-513CE487E7FA}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{28DFB62D-C459-49E9-B985-2150CB9578DB}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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