1. what is Web API and what happened to WCF, ASMX, SOAP etc?? A very brief description of what Web API is and when it should be used would be much appreciated.
2. If I needed to create a web services based API now, that needed to be compatible with the broadest range of clients/callers, what would I use? I assumed asmx/soap, but I'm not sure?
basic beginning, what direction to go, what's what guidance needed... just high level summary, if you have it in you, please share it with me here :)
c0pe
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very basic summary needed
Apr 26, 2012 07:28 PM|LINK
Hello,
1. what is Web API and what happened to WCF, ASMX, SOAP etc?? A very brief description of what Web API is and when it should be used would be much appreciated.
2. If I needed to create a web services based API now, that needed to be compatible with the broadest range of clients/callers, what would I use? I assumed asmx/soap, but I'm not sure?
basic beginning, what direction to go, what's what guidance needed... just high level summary, if you have it in you, please share it with me here :)
aliostad
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Re: very basic summary needed
Apr 26, 2012 08:49 PM|LINK
1. There is a blog on that here (it is my blog but that is not why I am recommending it)
http://byterot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/aspnet-web-api-series-part-0-why-not.html
2. It is Web API. Even browser's javascript on a mobile can talk to it.
c0pe
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Re: very basic summary needed
Apr 27, 2012 08:34 PM|LINK
thanks, exactly what I needed to know. I like your blog as well. I read part 0 and bookmarked it as I plan to read the other parts also.