On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM, C Anthony Risinger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 4, 2012 7:34 AM, "lkcl luke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> or... heck, i didn't realise REST could use JSON: it might be nice to >> have a proper REST client in pyjamas. just... leaving out the XML >> stuff, it's truly dire. > > Yeah REST is misunderstood :-) > > It's main focus is discoverability -- explorable services. A consumer > should be able to learn the methods/endpoints without any out-of-band data > (eg. like an API doc).
noiiice > It doesn't actually dictate a specific URL or payload structure; its just a > presentation style. yehh, that's the main reason why i've a) avoided it b) not really advocated it much. it's like... why?? :) l.

