title: Accessing Remote Data via a VPS in iOS
body: <p>I am looking to store information on my VPS that will be used by my application to present data to a user. I've looked around thoroughly and still can't manage to find a solid tutorial on how to do this in a real-world application.</p>
  
  <p>I'm new to C# and programming in general, so naturally I looked around a lot before posting. I found that the DataContext and LINQ classes are very helpful for obtaining data. I also researched and found out that I could use attribute-based programming and create properties that are mapped to certain tables or columns in the database.</p>
  
  <p>This would also be very helpful when trying to populate my UITableView with things because I would already have a class full of properties and data that is already hooked up to my database.</p>
  
  <p>However, I just don't know how to apply this. All the remote data tutorials I see for MonoTouch and iOS in general are heavily reliant on JSON, REST, and SOAP, which I am not that familiar with.</p>
  
  <p>In conclusion, all I want to do is connect to my VPS, query some data, and populate a UITableView. I know how to do the last one, but the first two are still really vague to me. Any assistance would be of great help!</p>