REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...
When studying IT, the term 'API' appears frequently.Although I had a vague understanding that it was 'something that connects ...
There are two broad pathways to designing RESTful APIs. One is the open process approach, which is the most common. This approach focuses on steps and tools that support the process of API design, ...
In the world of componentized applications, the most enduring debate seems to be the one between service-oriented architecture and representational state transfer. Here we look at which comes out on ...