ASP.NET 2.0 is the umbrella term for the combination of two web development technologies: web sites and web services. Using ASP.NET 2.0, it is easier than ever to create web sites that are dynamic and data-driven, that scale well, and that work well across a broad range of browsers without any custom coding by the developer.
VS2005 allows you to apply Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques to building web applications: Drag and drop controls onto your form, double-click on a control, and write the code to respond to the associated event.
Generally, web services are web applications without a user interface that allow you to provide services to other web sites or applications. As you’ll see in later chapters, ASP.NET 2.0 has classes to facilitate the creation of standards-compliant web services and web clients, and tools incorporated into Visual Studio 2005 help enforce conformance.
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