Technology

RESTful distribution

"Representational State Transfer" is a style of software architecture that is well-suited to distributed hypermedia systems such as the Web. Contrary to popular belief, it is not just another Web services protocol such as SOAP, nor is its scope of application limited to HTTP and the Web.

• Client-server separation: allows for separation of concerns (distribution of components), which improves UI portability and server scalability
• Stateless interaction: improves visibility of interactions (requests are self-contained), reliability (requests are atomic in nature), scalability (resource state is not "tied down" to one particular server)
• Cacheable resources: resources are potentially cacheable, thus improving network efficiency
• A uniform interface: simplifies overall system architecture, improves visibility of interactions
• Layered components: reduces overall system complexity (a layer cannot "see" beyond the one it interacts with), improves scalability (introduction of intermediates between layers), enables full load-balancing
• Optional code on demand: simplifies client implementation and improves system extensibility, but reduces visibility of interactions

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