Presents your  
XML AND WEB SERVICES E-NEWSLETTER for December 22, 2003 
 
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USE VB.NET TO HARNESS SOAP   
 
Microsoft's .NET initiative promised a simplified development route to 
Web services; however, getting the kind of portable data necessary to 
realize these claims requires bringing the more basic XML protocol called 
SOAP into the game. SOAP makes your data and your data's structure 
collectively portable, streamlining your .NET Web services development
--if you can use Microsoft's dev languages  to properly harness the power of SOAP.   
  
While even the most inexperienced Visual Basic .NET developer can employ
SOAP with very little preparation, using SOAP to its full potential is 
the challenge. Data serialization and persistence within SOAP have 
extraordinary impacts on the efficiency of your application, and ensuring that 
you wield these techniques properly could be the difference between an 
effective app and a failed one.   
  
This article offers an explicit example of harnessing the practical 
power of SOAP via VB.NET. Find out what it takes to keep Web services simple 
under the .NET banner using good, old-fashioned SOAP.   
http://ct.com.com/click?q=d1-ul2zQpEc0MAg6s85JApFn6~hVZXt   
  
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