Ramya Rayaprolu
Reputation: 21
Is REST just a theory to create a good api?
I came to through lot of articles and finally I understood that its just a theory to create a good API is that correct or I am getting confused
Upvotes: 1
Views: 36
Answers (1)
Ravan
Reputation: 49
Yes you are correct "REST IS JUST A THEORY" with 6 guiding principals of Roy Fielding and those constraints are to get maximum advantages of web service and web service is nothing but an API
REST + API = REST API
Upvotes: 3
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