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Re:REST, I just don't get it by paul on Friday August 15, 2008 @05:04AM (#276879)
Right, that means that you are doing your own cache invalidation (by changing the etag or last modified time), not relying on some magic proxy which watches for PUT and DELETE. That also means that you can use normal HTTP and ignore this REST nonsense.
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Re:REST, I just don't get it by gunderson on Friday August 15, 2008 @05:19PM (#277366)
Fair enough, but the thing I like about REST is the consistent API and (ideally) proper handle of request types via mime type information in the header.
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