Hour 20. Consuming Web Services

What you’ll learn in this hour:

Introduction to Web Services

• Understanding the REST and SOAP Acronyms

• Common Web Service Scenarios

• Writing Code That Consumes Web Services

Modern applications are becoming increasingly intertwined with the Web. Some applications allow you to store files in “the Cloud,” other applications pull weather, news, stock quotes, maps, and thousands of other kinds of data from the Web. Whether applications are running on phones, tablets, laptops, or desktops, chances are that many of these applications will be taking advantage of services on the Internet in some way.

In this hour you’ll learn about the concept behind web services, what that means to you as an application developer, ...

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