In this chapter we've seen how to use XML and the .NET Developer Studio to create the server side of an enterprise application. We have used XML Web services, Web methods, data adapters, data classes, data views, and data connection utilities to make this happen. We are able to achieve a great deal of flexibility in our business logic by using XML Web services to erect an elegent partition around it. Our XML Web services can easily be called from a wide variety of clients, be it Web browsers, cell phones, thick client applications, or even other Web Services.
In Chapter 10 we will create a Web client that actually makes use of all this! Later, in Chapter 13, we will connect a wireless device to the same XML Web services.