Rory Hansen

I’m in the process of writing my first web service in C# and through the whole process I’ve been surprised at how easy it’s been. It’s generally been the same as any sort of project, except for how it’s intially created and how it’s tested. I’m also in the process of writing my first Windows service in C# that will consume the web service, and, if possible, I’ve been even more surprised at how easy it’s been. Visual Studio.NET _really_ makes it easy to develop these kinds of projects, and I’m becoming more and more of a fan.

If you are interested in developing your own Windows service, take a look at this tutorial on CodeProject. I basically followed this tutorial from top to bottom to set up the basis of the Windows service, which includes an installer that wraps the actual Windows service.

With all this time dedicated to .NET recently, I know I’ve been neglecting my time with Ruby. But, it’s only temporary. I’m still thinking about my Ruby on Rails lyrics project all the time, and when I do get back to developing it, I hope to get a large chunk done.