[rishi_rsr]

hello my friends ,

I am a B.E. (I.T.) fresher.
i am very confused about developing a website & web service.
i hope your knowledge will help me know web world better in technical terms.

please post your comments with example in short.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,
Rishi

[Atli]

Basically, a website is meant for humans to read, while a web service is meant for computers to read.

A web service might offer some sort of data based on the request URL. Like the current weather in XML format. This would be meant for others to query and use in their applications.

The two are explained fairly well in their respective Wikipedia articles:
- Website
- Web service

[daekano]

Websites are pretty self explanatory. They are accessed by a URI/domain (such as dreamincode.net), and serve HTML across port 80 (generally).

Web Services are a little different. They can be accessed by a URI/domain, but normally that URI connects the client to an API or something similar. For example, Twitter has an API available that you can use to query your latest status and post it on your own webpage. It is accessed through a URI/domain, but visiting the page isn't practical. It delivers information in a format that is usable by web developers to be manipulated and displayed on a website or used by a device for another application.