One of the key ideas behind the .NET strategy is the concept of software as a
service, or in short, Web Services. This session will explain what a Web
service is and provide an overview of its related technologies like XML,
SOAP, and UDDI. We will demonstrate how the .NET Framework makes it easy to
implement them for new and existing applications. This session will also
provide concrete best practices for building XML Web services using Visual
Studio.NET. We'll answer many common questions like: How will my Web service
scale? How can my XML Web services enable interoperability with Web services
from other vendors as well as within my own organization? We'll delve into
building highly reliable and secure Web services. Also, we will discuss
issues such as dealing with com... (more)
This session we will explore some of the more advanced areas of SOAP in
ASP.NET's support for Web services. ASP.NET Web services are the preferred
way for Web developers to expose Web services on the Internet. The goal is
quick, easy, and high-performing SOAP services. We will look at how to use
the SOAP extension classes to create some very interesting applications on
top of the core SO... (more)
Microsoft .NET Remoting is the .NET technology that allows you to easily and
quickly build distributed applications. All of the application components can
be on one computer or they can be on multiple computers around the world.
.NET Remoting allows client applications to use objects in other processes on
the same computer or on any other computer to which it can connect over its
network... (more)
In Part 1 of this article (XML-J, Vol. 4, issue 6) we looked at creating a
solution that used a new product in the Microsoft Office System 2003 called
InfoPath. In this installment, I'll show you how to extend the solution
created in Part 1 using BizTalk Server 2004.
In Part 1, we created a form that collected new patient information for a
health care customer. Once we completed the initi... (more)
While meeting with the development staff of a local company we began
discussing a project that the CIO had assigned them earlier that morning. The
project was actually the first in a series of about 15 planned Web sites
scheduled over the next year. Each site was designed to expose sales and
marketing collateral to their international reseller community. Their lead
developer explained th... (more)