Re: [cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-05 13:15]: > You are using a REST-inspired approach to web design, not pure > REST: Yes. I never claimed otherwise; part of the reason for this is that I’m writing plain old user-operated web apps, not (yet) machine-operated XML-based web services.

Re: [cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-05 13:05]: > This is what Paul Prescod lists as Common Design Mistake #3 > when building a REST website: I don’t expect clients to construct these URLs manually. Of course they get there by following links from elsewhere on the interface. The idea is

Re: [cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-05 13:30]: > What if you had to visit aristotle.perlmonks.org instead of > simply visiting perlmonks.org and having it authenticate you > based on a cookie? You are forgetting HTTP authentication. You’d visit (in common URI syntax) http://user:[EMAI

[cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread Terrence Brannon
"A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-04 03:15]: >> To me, that means "no cookies". But your discussion of 401 and >> 403 would imply such a mechanism for recognizing who made the >> request? > > I do (still?) use cookies. I think it is pragm

[cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread Terrence Brannon
"A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-04 03:15]: >> To me, that means "no cookies". But your discussion of 401 and >> 403 would imply such a mechanism for recognizing who made the >> request? > > I do (still?) use cookies. You are using a RES

[cgi-prototype-users] Re: each page is really an operation

2005-09-05 Thread Terrence Brannon
"A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-03 19:15]: >> A user requests *operations* - login, add user, view user which >> are materialized by model actions and feedback on success >> failure via the view/page. > > I model my applications as a se