REST

Representational State Transfer

• Why REST is better - explained in code
• Why REST is Better - Part 2
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer
• http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm
• http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/03/rest-doubts
• How to create a REST protocol
• Why REST failed
• http://rest.blueoxen.net/
• http://www.xfront.com/REST.html
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RestArchitecturalStyle
• http://www.ociweb.com/jnb/jnbNov2004.html
• RESTful web services
• http://www.prescod.net/rest/rest_vs_soap_overview/
• The Beauty of REST
• Implementing REST web services
• http://www.nwfusion.com/ee/2003/eerest.html
• A quick look at the relationship of REST-style and SOAP-style Web services
• The Restful web
• REST discussion on xml-dev mailing list
• rest-discuss
• SOA and REST web services
• Common REST mistakes
• The REST of the Web
• REST and Ajax
• Learning too REST (Adam Bosworth's blog)
• IBM talks about REST and ProjectZero

Java and REST

• JAX-RS
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/restful/
• http://www.projectzero.org

SOAP versus REST

• SOAP vs REST
• SOAP vs POX vs REST
• Steve Loughran discusses SOAP, POX, and REST

Open source projects

• https://jersey.dev.java.net/
• Restlet, a lightweight REST framework (initial announcement on The Server Side)

Discussion about REST