More than 1 web service?

[Andy B]

I have several tasks that my web applications need to do. They are managing
membership, News, Events, Legal forms for admin, Legal forms for customers,
audio and maybe a few other things here and there. A lot of these things
will be used in more than 1 web application. I am trying to centeralize
everything into as much reusable code as possible. What I need to know is:
Do I take these different tasks and break them down into different web
services? Or use different classes in the web service for each task? How
exactly does hhis work? Can WCF web services use datasets and other kinds of
data manipulation/storage related objects? and can you use the default
asp.net or your own defined membership provider in a web.config file to
manage membership in a web service?

I am new to WCF web services and don't really know anything about them
except that they are a place where you can centeralize all of your code for
use in more than 1 application. Where would I start out with this? I was
told I should use WCF web services over the other types. Why is this?

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Re: More than 1 web service?

Hello Andy,


ABI have several tasks that my web applications need to do. They are
ABmanaging membership, News, Events, Legal forms for admin, Legal
ABforms for customers, audio and maybe a few other things here and
ABthere. A lot of these things will be used in more than 1 web
ABapplication. I am trying to centeralize everything into as much
ABreusable code as possible. What I need to know is: Do I take these
ABdifferent tasks and break them down into different web services?

it depends how and where these task are used - single machine or different,
who is using them, do they have the same rights

ABuse different classes in the web service for each task? How exactly
ABdoes hhis work?

You should consider this by "why I want to split them" ?! for the sake of
what?!

ABCan WCF web services use datasets and other kinds of
ABdata manipulation/storage related objects? and can you use the
ABdefault asp.net or your own defined membership provider in a
ABweb.config file to manage membership in a web service?

yep



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