.NET RIA Services: From Vision to Architecture

.NET RIA Services is now public. And folks at MIX generally loved what we're doing in this space, which is a promising start. We don't yet have a great landing page for the technology but here is what the download page currently has to say: Microsoft .NET RIA Services simplifies the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. RIA Services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations. It also provides end-to-end support for common tasks such as data validation, authentication and roles by integrating with Silverlight components on the client and ASP.NET on the mid-tier. A rather brief...(read more) ...