Less Talk, More Code: A Practical Look at Developing with Notification
Services
SQL Server Notification Services provides a powerful backbone for developing
scalable subscription-based applications -- once you get past its steep
learning curve. Unfortunately, the documentation currently available
doesn't do justice to this new technology. Developers trying to get a
handle on the product are pummelled with what feels like mere filler: Terms
like "generators," "distributors," and "instances" -- accompanied by lots of
pretty diagrams -- abound. But where is the actual code?
Enough with the architectural underpinnings! This session will cover
Notification Services from a code-driven point of view. We will walk
through creation of a simple application one step at a time and learn how to
really use the product, stressing simplicity and real-world use cases. At
the end of this session you will have a clear picture of how easy it can be
to design an event-based system using Notification Services to send e-mails,
write file-based notifications, and trigger many other types of messages to
subscribers.
