Summary

Today you learned about the premiere technology of the .NET Framework. XML Web services are the foundation of what .NET's all about. The ability to develop scalable, loosely coupled, cross-platform and cross-language applications is now a reality when developing XML Web services with Visual Studio .NET. Even though the infrastructure of building and consuming Web services is complex, Visual Studio .NET hides all the complexity and makes it very easy to develop robust Web service–based applications.