Re:Introspected REST: An alternative to REST and GraphQL
by e12e on Saturday December 22, 2018 @10:51AM
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> I think that HTTP has been popular for so long that many people just refuse to admit that it's not suitable for handling complex dynamic data.
This exactly why I keep trying to get people to go and read Fielding's REST thesis - it starts off with describing different architectures, and lands on REST for hypertext specifically because it enables things like multi level caching etc. When you throw that out, other, different architectures make more sense!
It's all right there in chapter 3 (but seriously, do read the whole thing - it's surprisingly accessible for a PhD. Thesis) :
This exactly why I keep trying to get people to go and read Fielding's REST thesis - it starts off with describing different architectures, and lands on REST for hypertext specifically because it enables things like multi level caching etc. When you throw that out, other, different architectures make more sense!
It's all right there in chapter 3 (but seriously, do read the whole thing - it's surprisingly accessible for a PhD. Thesis) :
https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/net_arch...