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Thank you, tedbilly. This makes sense to me.<br />

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Thank you, tedbilly. This makes sense to me.


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This question is pertaining to .Net (ASP.Net and C#). May be, I do not understand difference betwen REST vs SOAP. But, my main question is:<br />
1) How do I develop RESTful Web Service using .Net? &nbsp;<br />
2) How do I develop SOAP Web Service using .Net?<br />
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In past, I have coded few Web Services using classic WebMethods and had given WSDL to other applications so that they can consume my web services. Does WSDL mean it is using SOAP there?<br />
Also, I have coded few Services using WCF and deployed few on IIS and few on MSMQ so that other applications can consume my services. Does WCF deployed on IIS use SOAP or REST? <br />
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This question is pertaining to .Net (ASP.Net and C#). May be, I do not understand difference betwen REST vs SOAP. But, my main question is:
1) How do I develop RESTful Web Service using .Net?  
2) How do I develop SOAP Web Service using .Net?

In past, I have coded few Web Services using classic WebMethods and had given WSDL to other applications so that they can consume my web services. Does WSDL mean it is using SOAP there?
Also, I have coded few Services using WCF and deployed few on IIS and few on MSMQ so that other applications can consume my services. Does WCF deployed on IIS use SOAP or REST? 



Using .Net (ASP.Net and C#), RESTful Web Service vs SOAP Web Service

A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over a network. It is a software function provided at a network address over the Web with the service always on as in the concept of utility computing. A web service has an interface described in Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) messages. There are two major classes of Web services: REST-compliant web services, and Arbitrary web services.

Web Services

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a tool used to implement and deploy a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to support distributed computing where services have remote consumers. It features a runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications. Services typically have a WSDL interface (Web Services Description Language) that any WCF client can use to consume the service, regardless of which platform the service is hosted on. WCF implements many advanced Web services (WS) standards such as WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, RSS Syndication Services, WS-Discovery, routing and better support for REST services.