Abstract :
This paper discusses the representational state transfer (REST) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) debate. The author tries to explain REST from the viewpoint of someone steeped in SOA, with the intention of helping SOA people understand the value the REST camp so rightfully touts
Keywords :
distributed processing; distributed computing; representational state transfer; service-oriented architecture; Application software; Blogs; Computer languages; Contracts; Java; Representational state transfer; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Service oriented architecture; Software engineering; Representational State Transfer; service-oriented architecture;