First Encounter with ASP.NET
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I am a bit confused about ASP.NET Web Application and ASP.NET Web Service Application. For instance if one has to develop Project Management software to be used within company and all the users are using windows OS. So one should start ASP.NET Web Application or ASP.NET Web Service. Thank You Andyyy
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I am a bit confused about ASP.NET Web Application and ASP.NET Web Service Application. For instance if one has to develop Project Management software to be used within company and all the users are using windows OS. So one should start ASP.NET Web Application or ASP.NET Web Service. Thank You Andyyy
If it's all going to be used within the company, I see no immediate reason to use web services. It sounds like you want a Web application. If there are certain subsets of functionality that it would be helpful to have callable from other applications within the company, it might make sense to make them available as web services. Scott
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I am a bit confused about ASP.NET Web Application and ASP.NET Web Service Application. For instance if one has to develop Project Management software to be used within company and all the users are using windows OS. So one should start ASP.NET Web Application or ASP.NET Web Service. Thank You Andyyy
That depends on what you're trying to acheive. If the users are going to continue using desktop apps then they'll want to update from a web service. If you're going to write entirely new project management software to be run on a network in a browser then you want a web application. That's how I would look at it.
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That depends on what you're trying to acheive. If the users are going to continue using desktop apps then they'll want to update from a web service. If you're going to write entirely new project management software to be run on a network in a browser then you want a web application. That's how I would look at it.
markymark82 wrote:
If the users are going to continue using desktop apps then they'll want to update from a web service.
So you mean if i develop a project management software as a desktop application at first instance using only C# and SQL and then later once the product is developed, i can use web services to use it with in whole company ?
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markymark82 wrote:
If the users are going to continue using desktop apps then they'll want to update from a web service.
So you mean if i develop a project management software as a desktop application at first instance using only C# and SQL and then later once the product is developed, i can use web services to use it with in whole company ?
If you want to use it throughout the company, and users are using desktop software, then obviously that software will need to be rolled out to all users who'll need it. It can then connect to various web services for updates etc. These web services could also be connected to by any other desktop (or even web) applications that you develop later on. A web application is more self contained (please people correct me if I'm being completely misleading), and so can be accessed only by itself. This would be centrally accessed by all users who wouldn't then need their desktop applications (these would be re-written as the web application). I hope that makes sense, and I'm not just confusing matters further
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If it's all going to be used within the company, I see no immediate reason to use web services. It sounds like you want a Web application. If there are certain subsets of functionality that it would be helpful to have callable from other applications within the company, it might make sense to make them available as web services. Scott
ok, so if i start with web application and later if there is a need to have it callable from other applications within the company, then would i be able to change it to web services? So basically if i developed project management web application software with Gantt charts, time logs, project followup etc...and then do i have to host it ? or that can be used as intranet with in the company ? And once its all developed and being used with the company - what all features can be added if one move the application to web services ? Sorry if its too basic but i need to get it correct to start moving in the right direction. Thank you
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ok, so if i start with web application and later if there is a need to have it callable from other applications within the company, then would i be able to change it to web services? So basically if i developed project management web application software with Gantt charts, time logs, project followup etc...and then do i have to host it ? or that can be used as intranet with in the company ? And once its all developed and being used with the company - what all features can be added if one move the application to web services ? Sorry if its too basic but i need to get it correct to start moving in the right direction. Thank you
You wouldn't move the whole application to a web service, just specific pieces of functionality. Off the top of my head I can't even think of what some of that functionality might be - perhaps logging activity on a project. A web service doesn't provide an interface. You could run it as an intranet within the company. Scott