How much REST should your Web API get?

"jerome.louvel" <[email protected]> Thu, 02 May 2013 11:24:47 -0000

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After living with REST for 10 years and introducing in 2005 the first REST framework for Java (http://restlet.org), I felt that by pushing REST too far we are just trying to make it solve problems it was designed for in the first place.

In this blog post, I tried to formalize a "Web API" architecture style and contrast it with REST, then introduce the idea of cross-device web sites as wrapping the power of both styles:
http://blog.restlet.com/2013/05/02/how-much-rest-should-your-web-api-get/

Interested in hearing what you think!

Best regards,
Jerome

PS: sorry for those also following the "API-Craft" mailing list, but the topic is right at the crossing of both communities.