Diff?? Web Service & Web Application.

[GremlinSA]

Maybe a stupib newbe question, but i cant find a decent explination of the difference between a ASP Web Service, and ASP Web Application. And also when is it better to use which ...

Anyone got any ideas ..

Thanks...

[Shuja Ali]

Web Services defined on Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service)

A simple differentiating factor between a Web application and a Web service is that later is just a service while as the former is a full fledged application with a proper User Interface. Web services do not have a User interface. Web Service basically provides a service that can be consumed by number of different applications (Web applications or Windows applications). Web services provide an interoperability platform where-in a Web service that is written in .NET can be consumed by any application that knows XML. XML is the basis of web services.