This article explains how to write a simple web server application using C#. Though it can be developed in any .NET supported language, I chose C# for this example. The code is compiled using Beta 2. Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler Version 7.00.9254

Web services are built on SOAP, an XML based protocol that establishes the form that messages between web service consumers and providers should take. Traditionally, the consuming application developer would build a SOAP message manually and send it