What is the difference between an asp.net web method and a wcf service?

Question

I\'m new to .Net and do not understand the difference. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Web Services

1. It Can be accessed only over HTTP
2. It works in stateless environment

WCF

WCF is flexible because its services can be hosted in different types of applications. The following lists several common scenarios for hosting WCF services:

• IIS
• WAS
• Self-hosting
• Managed Windows Service