Chapter 18. XML Web Services

XML Web services represent a new form of Web and distributed application development that allows you to expose functionality and data to a diverse range of client applications on the network. ASP.NET greatly simplifies the development of XML Web services. Furthermore, server controls can simplify the creation of dynamic user interfaces based on information retrieved from Web services by encapsulating the logic to access the Web service.

A detailed discussion of XML Web services is beyond the scope of this book. In this chapter, we will assume that you have some experience developing ...

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