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Rest is the new SOAP – followup

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Re: Rest is the new SOAP – followup

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In my experience, calling for building a "RESTfuL" API is shorthand for a service that is well designed, well documented, and has good tooling. I don't think I can name one service I've worked with that is truly "REST".

Re: Rest is the new SOAP – followup

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In my experience, calling for building a "RESTfuL" API is shorthand for a service that is well designed, well documented, and has good tooling. I don't think I can name one service I've worked with that is truly "REST".

In my experience it is that plus being http. And maybe caring about VERBs.