Comments on: RESTless, RESTFul, or RESTlike? http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/ Software plumbing using middleware wrenches Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:43:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: HT http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-1388 HT Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:48:07 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-1388 Congratulations (to whoever) on re-inventing yet another wheel. Hope it pays handsomely. Congratulations (to whoever) on re-inventing yet another wheel. Hope it pays handsomely.

]]> By: Mark Little http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-145 Mark Little Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:42:24 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-145 Don't confuse REST with HTTP. Although HTTP (and the WWW) is what Roy used as the basis of his thesis, the overall architectural approach behind REST is not specific to HTTP. Don’t confuse REST with HTTP. Although HTTP (and the WWW) is what Roy used as the basis of his thesis, the overall architectural approach behind REST is not specific to HTTP.

]]> By: Michael Kanaley http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-144 Michael Kanaley Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:14:30 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-144 Web-dav is a restful API until you look at the locking actions. The server has to maintain lock state - I don't see how the client could hold it. Restful is great for alot of things but not everything. It is not that useful if you want to switch the transport to JMS (centralized transport configuration and policy mgmt). Web-dav is a restful API until you look at the locking actions. The server has to maintain lock state – I don’t see how the client could hold it.

Restful is great for alot of things but not everything.
It is not that useful if you want to switch the transport to JMS (centralized transport configuration and policy mgmt).

]]> By: Mark Little http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-119 Mark Little Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:25:10 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-119 Restful Web Services is definitely the book to start with. Once you're done, give me a shout and I'll point you at some other source too. Restful Web Services is definitely the book to start with. Once you’re done, give me a shout and I’ll point you at some other source too.

]]> By: billburke http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-113 billburke Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:08:04 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-113 Dylan, from what I've read so far, parameterized GET is still restful as long as you obey the rules of REST for GET. Meaning as long as you are not doing changes to the state of the resource, parameterized gets are ok. Dylan, from what I’ve read so far, parameterized GET is still restful as long as you obey the rules of REST for GET. Meaning as long as you are not doing changes to the state of the resource, parameterized gets are ok.

]]> By: dylan http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-110 dylan Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:18:53 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-110 One thing that I fail to grasp is how a 'restful' request is different from a parameterized GET request. It is less uniform yet more powerful and it still has the benefit of little complexity as opposed to WS-*. One thing that I fail to grasp is how a ‘restful’ request is different from a parameterized GET request. It is less uniform yet more powerful and it still has the benefit of little complexity as opposed to WS-*.

]]> By: Drew http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-109 Drew Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:13:03 +0000 http://bill.burkecentral.com/2007/08/20/restless-restful-or-restlike/#comment-109 You probably want to take a look at http://www.restlet.org/. The only truly RESTful framework. It's very stable and been in high volume production environment. You probably want to take a look at http://www.restlet.org/. The only truly RESTful framework. It’s very stable and been in high volume production environment.

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