why stop at a new paragraph for each sentence? why not a new paragraph for each word?
Just because a flag can be set with PUT doesn't mean the server has to accept it in all circumstances. Maybe there are preconditions elsewhere that must be met first, or maybe only someone with sufficient access…
Yeah I'm saying this is wrong :\ This isn't how REST is supposed to work
REST is just a representation of the underlying data. What does it matter if "status" is a database field or not? More specifically, it shouldn't have to matter to consumers. Because of the way REST and HTTP work,…
Other commenters are correct that POST /accounts/4402278/close is not right (and also fairly hilariously contradicted in the next section). Account status (open, closed, suspended, whatever else) is a property of the…
NOPE. Quitting the second someone asks me to wear one. End of story.
The HTTP spec exists to help you interact with resources in a specific way. In my experience, the "shoddy REST" the original commenter is talking about usually involves developers ignoring the design principles behind…
this this this this this this I cannot recommend this book enough. Read it, read it again, take in everything it is trying to say and try as hard as you can to understand it. There is a whole world of awesome and…
> Yes, the corner bodega is more expensive than the full grocery store All your justifications are reasonable from a business standpoint. But if I'm so poor and my circumstances are so bad that a bodega is the only…
why stop at a new paragraph for each sentence? why not a new paragraph for each word?
Just because a flag can be set with PUT doesn't mean the server has to accept it in all circumstances. Maybe there are preconditions elsewhere that must be met first, or maybe only someone with sufficient access…
Yeah I'm saying this is wrong :\ This isn't how REST is supposed to work
REST is just a representation of the underlying data. What does it matter if "status" is a database field or not? More specifically, it shouldn't have to matter to consumers. Because of the way REST and HTTP work,…
Other commenters are correct that POST /accounts/4402278/close is not right (and also fairly hilariously contradicted in the next section). Account status (open, closed, suspended, whatever else) is a property of the…
NOPE. Quitting the second someone asks me to wear one. End of story.
The HTTP spec exists to help you interact with resources in a specific way. In my experience, the "shoddy REST" the original commenter is talking about usually involves developers ignoring the design principles behind…
this this this this this this I cannot recommend this book enough. Read it, read it again, take in everything it is trying to say and try as hard as you can to understand it. There is a whole world of awesome and…
> Yes, the corner bodega is more expensive than the full grocery store All your justifications are reasonable from a business standpoint. But if I'm so poor and my circumstances are so bad that a bodega is the only…