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Representational State Transfer (REST)


REST (representational state transfer) is an approach for getting information content from a Web site by reading a designated Web page that contains an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file that describes and includes the desired content. Get the latest REST news on basics, best practices and how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and Web services.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (46) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (41) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (2) , WEBCASTS (1) , DEFINITIONS (1)

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Representational State Transfer - REST Tutorial
LEARNING GUIDE - This learning guide will delve into the basics of representational state transfer (REST), its progress in various app dev tooling platforms and its uses inside of a SOA.
How Ruby on Rails and REST go together
ARTICLE - The Rails framework for building Web applications in the dynamic Ruby language is now focused on the REST approach, says the author of a new book of Rails recipes.
Is Ruby on Rails ready for enterprise SOA?
ARTICLE - Ruby on Rails promises ease in RESTful SOA development, but for it to move up to enterprise class, developers need to know how to make it scalable.
Java One: Mule architect looks to bring REST to SOA
INTERVIEW - In a conversation at JavaOne, MuleSource's Dan Diephouse, talks about his work on Mule Galaxy, the REST-based open source registry/repository that is going GA later this month.
Mule architect sees REST with Atom rising, UDDI fading
INTERVIEW - Dan Diephouse, the creator of XFire and software architect at MuleSource Inc., discusses the advantages in using REST and the Atom Publishing Protocol.

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Mulesoft architect talks REST, ESBs
SearchSOA.com | 31 Aug 2009
VIDEO Q&A - Mulesoft architect talks with SearchSOA.com about ESBs and REST while at TheServerSide Java Symposium in Las Vegas.
Expert Query: What is the difference between RESTful transactions and Web Services transactions?
SearchSOA.com | 06 Mar 2009
ARTICLE - We ask Eric Newcomer. He replies: REST transactions assume only one party to a global transaction accesses shared state at a given time. Other participants remain unaware.
Progress/Actional SOA diagnostic tool builds on Mindreef purchase
SearchSOA.com | 28 Jan 2009
ARTICLE - Progress Software announced the integration of Actional SOA performance and governance products and technology gained with last year's acquisition of SOAP-test pioneer Mindreef.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 41
Restlet framework wrestles RESTful Web applications
01 Oct 2009
TIP - Restlet is an open source Java-based framework for creating RESTful Web services. It includes support for WADL and annotations. Read this overview to learn more.
How do I balance throughput requirements and interoperability?
17 Jun 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - Are there any rules of thumb that would make one decide to do in-process interop versus Web services interop based on throughput requirements?
Are tools available to work with OSGi today?
03 Apr 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - Eric Newcomer weighs in on the considerable debate in the OSGi community right now about the availability of working tools.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 2 of 2
Report on REST- REpresentational State Transfer
SearchSOA.com | 13 May 2009
LEARNING GUIDE - Web services added a host of WS* standards that met different enterprise computing needs. SearchSOA.com continues to update news on an alternative mechanism, REST.
Representational State Transfer - REST Tutorial
SearchSOA.com | 11 Jun 2008
LEARNING GUIDE - This learning guide will delve into the basics of representational state transfer (REST), its progress in various app dev tooling platforms and its uses inside of a SOA.
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Ted Neward on Web Services and Security - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:   07 JUN 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   Attend this expert Tech Talk to learn about two perils of Web services, intermediaries, messaging approach vs. RPC approach, the future of Web services, SOAP vs. REST and how to improve Web services.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 1 of 1
REST
14 May 2002
WORD - REST (representational state transfer) is an approach for getting information content from a Web site by reading a designated Web page that contains an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file that describes and includes the ...
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Representational State Transfer (REST): 
Application servers and Web service platforms, Java Web Services, Microsoft .NET Web services, Mobile Web services, Open source Web services, Web services -- Portals, presentation and clients, LAMP Web services (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP), Web services testing



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