A REST API (short for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a way two separate pieces of software can talk over the internet using standard rules. At its core, it lets ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

How do you access a RESTful web service? That depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you just want to test connectivity, a terminal-based utility like curl is a great RESTful web service ...

One of the key strengths of REST is its simplicity, but that simplicity sometimes raises objections from developers who question whether such a simple approach to application integration can deal with ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. This is a contributed piece for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Alex Walling in his ...