basic questions about web services development

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Hello everyone New to Web Services. After some experiment some basic questions. 1. What is the function of a code hehind file? Any benefits of have a separate asmx and asmx.cs file? 2. When we press F5 to debug I it is not running on IIS. If IIS is not hosting the web services which party hosts the web services when we use F5 to debug? 3. I am always confused what is the function and why we need [WebService]? I think [WebMethod] is enough since we expose web service through a public function not through a class (marked with WebService attribute). thanks in advance George

George George · Answer

Hi Ryan Sorry that I do not agree with you. For asmx how do you make controls (e.g. Web Controls) into it? All UI components (e.g. Web Controls) are in asmx.cs file. Any comments? regards George

Ryan Alford · Answer

what is the benefit of having a Form1 designer file and a Form1.cs code-behind file in Windows Forms? What is the benefit of having a Form1.aspx designer file and a Form1.aspx.cs code-behind file in ASP.Net? It's exactly the same. The designer file allows you to use the controls from the toolbox. The .cs file is where you put all your code. Quit thinking that Web Services are completely different from Windows Forms Console and Window Service programming. They all use the same concepts.

George George · Answer

Thanks Ryan! What is the benefit of having two files -- asmx and asmx.cs? regards George

Ryan Alford · Answer

1. the function of asmx and asmx.cs is the same as with windows forms. 2. you can't DEBUG web services. you will need code to do the debugging by writing to a file or something. you can't watch it. 3. just because you think that's all that's needed doesn't mean it's the case. I don't think that we need $4/ gallon gas but that doesn't mean a thing.