Brian Stewart Erik Gartze

• definitions of REST

  • Fielding diss:

    • an "architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems"
    • a hybrid style derived from several network-based arch. styles
    • a set of engineering principles
    • constraints chosen to retain those principles

  • not a specification
• why REST
• fundamental concepts
  • HYPERMEDIA
    • LINKS
  • relationships
  • objects
  • loose coupling
  • interfaces
  • state
  • functional design
  • idempotency
  • verbs vs nouns
• chapter 5 of Fielding dissertation

[]: https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm