XML Web services are the next logical step in the evolution of the Internet. Teach yourself how to write and deploy XML Web services for Microsoft® .NET—one step at a time—with this modular, accessible tutorial. It delivers expert, task-based instruction plus a real-world XML service example to help you apply what you already know about Microsoft Visual C#™, Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET, and object-oriented programming so that you can learn XML Web services development at your own pace. Topics covered include:

UNDERSTANDING XML WEB SERVICES

• XML Web services architecture
• XML Web services protocols
• Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
• Discovering XML Web services

BUILDING XML WEB SERVICES

• Writing .NET XML Web services
• Testing XML Web services
• Debugging XML Web services

CONSUMING XML WEB SERVICES

• Discovering XML Web services
• Generating a proxy class
• Creating clients that consume XML Web services
• Consuming XML Web services asynchronously
• Consuming XML Web services with HTTP

ADVANCED XML WEB SERVICES

• Managing XML Web service state
• Securing XML Web services
• Using data sets with XML Web services
• Using SOAP headers