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The Best Reason for REST

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Geoff Lane

REST is a popular means of implementing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) as well as merely providing simple remote APIs for interacting with systems. REST is a constraint based architecture built on HTTP, the foundational protocol of the Web. That foundation, … Continue reading →

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All Database Backed Web Apps are “Just CRUD Apps”

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Geoff Lane

It’s time to end the debate between “Just simple CRUD Apps” and “more complex” apps. Very complex behavior can be expressed through a small set of fairly simple rules. This is often described as emergent behavior or just emergence. The … Continue reading →

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Interact with REST Services from the Command Line

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Geoff Lane

REST is becoming more popular as a means of implementing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) as well as merely providing simple remote APIs for interacting with systems. The main reason for this is that it provides a very simple means of … Continue reading →

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