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Architecture REST & AJAX - Web Servers, Web Browsers, and the HTTP Protocol
Resources and scale
By: Lars Trieloff
May. 20, 2008 08:45 AM
One of the hottest buzzwords you hear these days at conferences and read in blogs and forums is REST.
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It is often promoted as a way of building Web Services and as a lightweight alternative to SOAP and other Web Services frameworks, but in fact it's much more. REST is an architectural style that has a collection of best practices with solid scientific backing that describes how to build scalable Web applications that meet the requirements of their technical environment, namely the Web with its Web servers, Web browsers, and the HTTP protocol.
