The exodus from Visual Studio 6.0 to .NET has begun for most developers. But with this new coding model comes decoupled services in the form of Web services. However, if you still have to maintain and ...

Be sure to login with your BoilerAD user credentials (the default for any BoilerAD joined workstation). When you see {production-host-name}, this is the host name part of your Production site URL. For ...

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 ...

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 ...

ASP.NET Web API is a solid communications framework, and many applications can benefit from breaking free of IIS by including an embedded ASP.NET Web API server. In 2011, Microsoft released ASP.NET ...

Entire books have been written about creating and using web services in ASP.NET Core, so how does one explain such a huge topic in a single tech event presentation? You expand the session into a ...

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 ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...