Blog First. Ask Questions Later.
A short but interesting post about the difference between being a .NET developer and Windows one popped up on Don Box's NEW blog. Here's a quote:
.NET is a technology from Microsoft that combines XML Web Services (for remote integration) and the CLR (for local integration and execution). The CLR is an implementation of the ECMA CLI spec that is tightly integrated with Windows.
The interesting thing to me is that the question of how to do remote integration seems to be pretty much answered here once and for all. That is, if anyone is still wondering about whether to use Web Services vs. Remoting...
-Brendan
About Brendan Tompkins
Brendan has been programming with .NET since the first public beta and is owner and operator of Port Technology Services, a consultancy company providing .NET application development services to the Maritime industry. In July, 2007, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET.
He's also a proud co-founder of failed .COM startup Intrinsigo, and has had a hand in the failure of numerous other businesses.
He currently runs CodeBetter.Com and Devlicio.us, and lives in Norfolk, Virgina with his wife Tiara and son Ian.