Web Services in Action
Although Web Services and their use are relatively new, many businesses are beginning to understand the impact of being able to expose functionality for use in distributed applications across the Web. As you develop your own applications, you'll want to consider how you can take advantage of this technology. If you're thinking about ways you might use Web Services, here are some services you might want to create or consume:
Address normalization functions
Currency exchange rate converter
Credit card authorization
Shipment status
Order confirmations
Stock quote lookups
Catalog/product information
Weather information
Obviously, the list is endless. In any situation where you might want programmatic access to information on a remote ...
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