Re:Your Web Service Might Not Be RESTful If…
by blasdel on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:46AM
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Sorry, but browsers absolutely support arbitrary HTTP methods, and have since IE6. XMLHttpRequest, have you heard of it?
Also, REST != PUT + DELETE. Don't get hung up on it, they're just surface-level niceties. The real point is to not mix up GET & POST, to be careful about state and idempotence.
Also, REST != PUT + DELETE. Don't get hung up on it, they're just surface-level niceties. The real point is to not mix up GET & POST, to be careful about state and idempotence.