Web services are the next step in building distributed, modularized applications. They allow you to take some of your business logic, compartmentalize it in a component, and execute the functionality ...

The units-conversion Web service, which I’ve named UC, consists of four functions for converting between centimeters and inches and between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius. Although this ...

Google Sites has the most features but takes the most effort. Page-o-rama is ultrasimple and also ultralimited. Weebly is smack between the two, offering a mix of functionality and simplicity that's ...

Part 2 of this four-part series on Java SE Web services showed how to use the JAX-WS API to develop SOAP-based Web services. JAX-WS also supports RESTful-based Web services, which this article shows ...

In my last article, I discussed how Web services can play a critical role in AJAX applications and the role that JSON plays in the message exchange process. In a nutshell, Web services provide a way ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Web services standardize the format (XML) and the protocol (SOAP) for application-to-application communication. Such standardization spurs software vendors to create quality applications with focused ...

In-Depth Web services architectures: Easier said than done By Mayank Prakash August 30, 2002 Web services can provide an open and interoperable development framework, but the technology requires an ...

Market Definition: Integration technologies comprise the technologies that enable disparate software systems to exchange information. This includes technologies for connection, guaranteed message ...