Until REST APIs came along, SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) was the de facto standard protocol on which web services were based. When working in ASP.Net Core, you might well encounter the need to ...

The services that comprise distributed applications must communicate with one another to exchange data or information. You need a common data format for these communications, which narrows the options ...

A few things for starters:<BR>1) I've written and consumed a number of web services, so I'm pretty familiar with the underlying concepts.<BR>2) The choice to use VB.NET for this project was the client ...

One of the things that I liked about WSDL/SOAP services is that a WSDL contract for a Web Service could be used to generate a client proxy that was guaranteed to work with your Web Service. With a ...

When making the transition from legacy systems to dynamic web apps because of easier accessibility and scalability, Asp.net offers enterprises an excellent choice. This robust and feature-rich ...

Microsoft officially introduced ASP.NET Core experimental support for gRPC-Web, which allows Google's remote procedure call (RPC) tech to work in browser-based web applications, something not ...

What is the Data Directory? There are times when sensitive information, such as database connection strings, may need to be available for a web site to use, but that you would never want a visitor to ...

VB.NET allows you to use Web services as if they were entirely local objects since most of the marshaling between the client and the server is taking place in the background. This tip shows you how to ...