InfoWorld

What is REST? The de facto web architecture standard

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...
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 ...
InfoWorld

What is JSON? The universal data format

JSON is the leading data interchange format for web applications and more. Here’s what you need to know about JavaScript Object Notation. JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a format used to ...
Ars Technica

Designing the XML payload schema for a RESTful POST WCF service.....and arrays

I'm having a little-bit of confusion properly understanding how WCF services generate there XML (or JSON) payload for POST RESTful services. I have such a service that I wrote, and depending on the ...
TheServerSide

RESTful APIs tutorial: Learn key web service design principles

It's not hard to create a RESTful web service in Java. In fact, frameworks like Spring Boot, the Eclipse MicroProfile and Jakarta Enterprise Edition make the development of RESTful Java applications ...