News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Roy Fielding's Misappropriated REST Dissertation. Parent comment

Re:Roy Fielding's Misappropriated REST Dissertation by vyrotek on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @11:59AM (#23691400)
Agreed! A SPA using an RPC API usually makes the most sense. I've wasted so much time over my career trying to jam functional concepts into REST resources for little gain.

I really like the idea of each app getting it's own specialized backend. Have you heard of the BFF pattern?

https://philcalcado.com/2019/07/12/some_thoughts_graphql_bff...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Roy Fielding's Misappropriated REST Dissertation by WClayFerguson on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @06:21PM (#23695443)
I just read that entire article. Thanks for posting that. I like everything it's saying, and it points out some of the major drawbacks of REST.

I've never used GraphQL yet but I know I do like it. Most of what I've done has been a mix of OSFA and BFF. RPC API design is more art than science, but definitely everything about REST is wrongheaded, inside out, upside down, and ass backwards. lol.

[ Parent | on HN ]