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April 27, 2016

What the heck is REST, RESTful web service ...

I have seen the term REST  (Representational State Transfer) all over for years. And I finally have to learn enough to us it.  It turns out I had no idea what it is.

Previously, in my ignorance, REST implied a web service that packages data in JSON format (see json.org). I have begun to add some valid information to my vortex of REST ignorance.

REST is an architecture style.

REST Resources
Dr. Fielding's dissertation http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm

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