OK, I'll weigh in on a few things. MVC as a pattern can definitely map to REST. OpenRasta for example is an MVC framework and I challenge you to argue it's not RESTful.
However, the idea of separating out HTTP specific concerns like for handling ETAGs, multiple representations via conneg, hypermedia is not something that MVC provides anything for out of the box. Yes you can do it, but you have to write a bunch of code to make it happen. With this work we are focused very specifically on HTTP, nothing more and nothing less. That means capabilities like conneg, caching / etags, OAuth etc are getting prime attention and will be very easy to do. This also spans to the client, as we are providing a consistent story both for managed applications on the client and on the server. Glenn On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Ryan Riley <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Erick Thompson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> What hacks do you see as needed for implementing REST via MVC? >> > > How do you you manage conneg? What about ETags, Last-Modified or > If-Modified-Since headers? You can do these things, but they don't generally > fit as neatly into MVC. Where do you do them? Is it in the Model or > Controller (or View)? Finally, where's the hypermedia constraint? This last > point is entirely missing. Yes, you can roll your own, but it isn't > available in the box. I'd consider that a "hack" for REST support. > > Cheers, > Ryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<altnetseattle%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
