Web services and Soap

1. Compare and contrast web applications with web services, indicating the need for web services. WEB SERVICES 1.Web services are server-side application components ,which provides a set of services. 2.Services of the web service are exposed via an API Modular,well-defined,encapsulated interfaces are used for loosely coupled integration between applications and systems. 3. Loosely coupled architecture,and interacts with client-side components via the API 4.Multiple types of clients can communicate with the web service via the API Browser- based- clients ,non- browser- based-clients(mobile apps),other web services ...