Summary
A Web service consists of a collection of methods that can be accessed through the Internet. It allows the user to interact directly with a server connected to the Internet. It is one of the key features of the Microsoft .NET platform. It also marks a change in strategy for Microsoft, away from the conventional PC-based focus to a more Web-centric focus.
A Web service contains both the server- and client- side implementations. Communication between the Web service and the client is facilitated by the SOAP protocol. This SOAP protocol uses HTTP and XML to transport and encode the data.
There are two ways by which Web services can be developed. You can either use a Notepad application and IIS or you can use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. ...
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