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Isn't this well defined already? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST > REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software a
by prologic 2mo ago
Isn't this well defined already? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST
> REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architectural style that was created to describe the design and guide the development of the architecture for the World Wide Web. REST defines a set of constraints for how the architecture of a distributed, Internet-scale hypermedia system, such as the Web, should behave.
And isn't it always misused, mis-represented basically all the time? Often confused with things that are basically just JSON API(s)?
- prologic 2mo agoIt's kind of interesting to go through the examples in the article, because it largely really describes a HAL-style JSON API really. It in parts also described the Web Linking Standard (RFC 8288) too.
- wun0ne 2mo ago> And isn't it always misused, mis-represented basically all the time? Often confused with things that are basically just JSON API(s)? The article makes this point.
- prologic 2mo agoI could be wrong, but I also think the article kind of gets it wrong too