Ars Technica

REST APIs for operations more complex than CRUD.

For my current project, I am developing both a REST API and a mobile client app. However, I have hit a snag in keeping everything RESTful. I have an entity exposed by the API which is a DateRange. The ...
TechAnnouncer

A Practical REST API Example: Building Your First Service

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...
Ars Technica

Are RESTful APIs a good solution for implementing simple CRUD web applications?

Currently, I think that RESTful APIs are extremely interesting but seldom mentioned in association with simple web applications such as the ones that I will work on, and, therefore, going for a ...
TheServerSide

REST vs RESTful API: What's the difference?

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...