Re:Ask HN: SOAP vs REST - help me understand
by faxman on Monday January 16, 2012 @03:14PM
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> only maintain libraries for your SOAP endpoint (at least for now
Check. This was the decision that came out of today's product meeting after reading responses here.
> Put up a form...
Check. Already did this a couple weeks ago at www.interfax.net/en/dev/rest. Already got a few bites.
> Just because someone on a survey said they wanted REST instead of SOAP ...
I agree. However, we ran several variations of the survey including one where developers had an opportunity to say that not having REST is a show-stopper for them, which got us worried.
Strangely, most of those who insisted on REST develop in environments which have the strongest SOAP support, like C#, PHP, and Java. This got me thinking that we might be dealing with fashion issues more than practical issues...
Check. This was the decision that came out of today's product meeting after reading responses here.
> Put up a form...
Check. Already did this a couple weeks ago at www.interfax.net/en/dev/rest. Already got a few bites.
> Just because someone on a survey said they wanted REST instead of SOAP ...
I agree. However, we ran several variations of the survey including one where developers had an opportunity to say that not having REST is a show-stopper for them, which got us worried.
Strangely, most of those who insisted on REST develop in environments which have the strongest SOAP support, like C#, PHP, and Java. This got me thinking that we might be dealing with fashion issues more than practical issues...