difference between WCF Services and Web Services and REST Service

Question

What is the difference between WCF Services and Web Services in .net
When should I use WCF and when to use Web Services.Is REST and WCF service the same? Thanks

Answer 1

Wcf:wcf is a technology as part of .net framework which provides environment to work with different distributed technologies an by following unified programming model. wcf create a proxy. wcf support data contract serializer. records shown xml format.

**Rest:**Rest is an architectural style.which says use the existing features of the web in more effective,efficiency and simple manner.verbs like insert,update and delete. Rest cannot create a proxy. rest records shown jason format.

Web Service:a service which is hosted on website is called as webservice. web service support xmlserializer