> the RESTful guy, Roy Fielding I think you're confused about who Fielding is and what REST is about. His writing isn't about building "true" RESTful APIs. I

> the RESTful guy, Roy Fielding I think you're confused about who Fielding is and what REST is about. His writing isn't about building "true" RESTful APIs. It isn't really about APIs per se at all, RESTful or not. (Further, Fielding to my knowledge isn't even known for his use of the word "RESTful".) It sounds like you've probably been misled by a bunch of people who aren't Fielding about what's in his dissertation. Not unreasonable in those circumstances that one be told to actually read the thing instead of guessing at the gestalt of it based on ambient chatter which is by and large very misinformed. Having said that, Fielding's writing is not something I would exalt for its clarity. I'm partial to jcrites's explanatory powers: "REST describes how the Web works" <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23672561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23672561>