API Evolution (Page 38)

Writings about API Design, OpenAPI, HTTP and related topics.

Rest Agent – An introduction

You might say I’m a bit of a fan of the REST architectural style. Let me provide a little background to clarify why REST is important to me, so you can better understand my underlying objectives.  If we have similar objective then maybe this series of posts will be of interest to you.

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The StackOverflow question that couldn’t stay open

This http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3285704/why-does-rest-exist is the question that I want to give an answer to.  I am answering here because people keep closing it.  Sorry, the post refers directly to issues raised in the question and so won’t make much sense without reading the question first.  I would even recommend reading version of the question prior to editing as it shows more clearly the frustration of the poster.

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World’s simplest OData service

I get frustrated sometime trying to play around with new Microsoft technologies.  The process usually involves;  install this CTP, apply this hotfix, create a project using this template, and this item using another template.  By then end I may have something working but I don’t know what magic happened behind the scenes.

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