Category Archives: REST

Eventual consistency in REST APIs

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Jimmy Bogard

Not picking on an API in particular, but…wait, yes I am. Octopus (an awesome product) has a proposed API on GitHub, and one of the things it describes is how to deal with the fact that the backend is built … Continue reading →

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Rant: That’s Not Rest.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Derick Bailey

I’ve asked for an explanation, definition, blog post, book, or any other source of material that can get me up to speed on REST in web development a number of times. It’s a popular subject these days, and there seems … Continue reading →

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Experiences with REST

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

Every system I’ve ever integrated with that refers to itself as “RESTful” is not REST. It’s RPC over HTTP. Every system I’ve ever built that I called “RESTful” is not REST. It’s RPC over HTTP. One of those dawning, sad … Continue reading →

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RESTful Web Services Cookbook – Review of Rough Cut

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Colin Jack

I’ve just finished reading the rough cut of RESTful Web Services Cookbook by Subbu Allamaraju and Mike Amundsen and thought I’d write a very quick review. Ultimately the book fills a gap in the market by providing practical advice on … Continue reading →

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WCF and REST

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Colin Jack

I’m on a project that was using WCF and we’ve managed to make the transition to using REST (well, to be honest so far its just POX). REST is a joy and I really find it such a pleasant experience … Continue reading →

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E-VAN Blog and Videos

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Colin Jack

Jan has already posted about it but we have a new E-VAN blog which includes links to the recording of the excellent presentation Alan Dean gave on REST and a link to the next one that Ian Robinson and Jim … Continue reading →

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E-VAN – Alan Dean talking on REST (6th July 2009)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Colin Jack

First off if you didn’t watch Udi Dahan talk on the SOA then you missed a treat, a real pro speaking on a topic that he and a very few others in the .NET space are way ahead of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review – RESTful .NET

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Colin Jack

Since we are using REST on top of WCF on my current project I was glad to see that this book had been written as I was hoping it would answer some questions I had. However my first issue with … Continue reading →

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P&P Guidance – Positive Progress

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Colin Jack

I put up a post a while back about the P&P REST guidance which I considered to be quite flawed. The reaction from the P&P team was superb and Greg Young, Sebastien Lambla and myself immediately got involved in an … Continue reading →

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P&P – Web Service with REST Application Pattern

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Colin Jack

It was interesting that all the fuss over Oxite had a positive impact. Unfortunately Microsoft are also now giving us their views on REST (WCF REST starter kit, argh) and more recently REST with a domain model in Two-Tier Service … Continue reading →

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