Is Web services development too complicated? A small but influential group of Web developers thinks so. These developers advocate a new approach – one they say is simpler than the World Wide Web ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Many Java professionals are interested in learning the basics about RESTful Web services, but they often find tutorials that are overly complicated. In this quick tip, we’re going right back to the ...

These days, REST APIs are available to integrate your application or website with thousands of platforms — Web 2.0 properties such as Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare, as well as old-school companies ...

Mobile developer William J. Francis demonstrates how easy it is to consume a RESTful service from your Android device. RESTful services are well suited for providing content to small footprint devices ...

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RESTful services are stateless, client-server based, cacheable and leverage resources. These resources have a common interface and are uniquely addressable using URIs. In this post, I’ll present some ...

Enterprises have probably heard of REST before. Companies may even have experience with building RESTful services. But what many may not have considered is how REST can help create web and mobile ...