Comments on: The API is the Application http://www.newthink.net/2008/10/20/the-api-is-the-application/ Less Talk. More Do. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ash Christopher http://www.newthink.net/2008/10/20/the-api-is-the-application/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 Ash Christopher Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:39:51 +0000 http://www.newthink.net/?p=90#comment-1719 REST implies stateless data, so it wouldn't really be useful for applications such as wizards. It could be used to populate data when interacting with a wizard. Data that was entered on a previous screen would be presumably stored in the session somewhere, and that data may be passed to a REST resource which would return data to populate the page. REST implies stateless data, so it wouldn’t really be useful for applications such as wizards. It could be used to populate data when interacting with a wizard.

Data that was entered on a previous screen would be presumably stored in the session somewhere, and that data may be passed to a REST resource which would return data to populate the page.

]]> By: Bill http://www.newthink.net/2008/10/20/the-api-is-the-application/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 Bill Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:28:33 +0000 http://www.newthink.net/?p=90#comment-1718 Hmmm... sounds like a reasonable way to do something simple, but how do you handle stateful applications. i.e. What happens now is different from what happened earlier based on a change that was made. A simple Request (What is the weather like in Waterloo, ON) and allowes for a simple response. If you need to process a stream of interactions (i.e. a Wizard) it sounds like you'd have to do something else other than REST to make that happen. Hmmm… sounds like a reasonable way to do something simple, but how do you handle stateful applications. i.e. What happens now is different from what happened earlier based on a change that was made. A simple Request (What is the weather like in Waterloo, ON) and allowes for a simple response. If you need to process a stream of interactions (i.e. a Wizard) it sounds like you’d have to do something else other than REST to make that happen.

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