RESTful thinking considered harmful - followup
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#2"However, REST requires developers to realize that stuff like "publishing a blog post" is a resource,"
I don't get this.
Blog posts are resources. POSTing to the collection of blog posts creates a new one. "publishing a blog post" is an action, maybe -- not a resource.
Re: RESTful thinking considered harmful - followup
#3"However, REST requires developers to realize that stuff like "publishing a blog post" is a resource," I don't get this. Blog posts are resources. POSTing to the collection of blog posts creates a new one. "publishing a blog post" is an action, maybe -- not a resource.
I don't think the original author groks REST particularly well. Fundamentally it's really simple, once you understand the difference between actions and resources.