Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step

Chapter 27. Accessing a remote database from a Windows Store app

After completing the chapter, you will be able to:

• Retrieving data from a database

• Creating and using a REST web service

• Fetch data from a remote database by using a REST web service.

• Inserting, updating, and deleting data through a REST web service

Chapter 26 shows how to implement the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. It also explains how to separate the business logic of an app from the user interface (UI) by using a ViewModel class that provides access to the data in the model and implements commands the UI can use to invoke the business logic of the app. Chapter 26 also illustrates how to use data binding to display the data presented by the ViewModel in the user interface and ...