> What REST introduced is a dogma that said not only "this is good" (something no one agrees with) but "you must do it precisely this way" REST is just a descr

> What REST introduced is a dogma that said not only "this is good" (something no one agrees with) but "you must do it precisely this way" REST is just a description for one good way to build certain types of networked applications. I don't think anybody claims that Roy Fielding invented the concept, or that it's the only way to build anything. If there are people that treat it as a dogma, I don't think you can blame REST; they're just the same loud and obnoxious people that treat everything as a dogma (and usually don't understand it very well).