What is a WebService???

[jsn]

Hi all

what is a web service ?

how can we bilt or implement or create web services with mac os x?

thanks
jsn

 

[wiz]

A webservice is really RMI (remote method invocation) [another name: RPC (remote procedure call)] over the internet using XML.

Or you send a DOCument described in XML over the internet, which gives the client some kind information or the other. (i've not really understod how to use this type of WS)

I'ts really fun making and using webservices.
You can create simple applications with quite a lot of functionality using these services.

there are a lot of free webservices available and hand full of paid or demo (limited) versions. www.xmethods.com has a extremely long list of webservices you can use.

 

[wiz]

you know whats the freakiest thing!!!

there is supposed to be a standard!
but in reality, there is more than one.

i've had difficulty getting some of them to work!
This is sooo irritating.

but it seems that for Java, apache's Axis is the most compatible.