This chapter introduced you to some introductory concepts as they relate to web services. You learned how to create and consume web services using the supported ASP.NET and ColdFusion server models. You also learned how to create complex web services that interact with databases that return values to the consuming applications using both the ASP.NET web services and the ColdFusion web services/components model. As you can see, web services provide a lot of programming flexibility and code reuse. When used appropriately, web services in your applications can cut development time and allow you to share vital portions of your applications with the outside world. |