One of the key strengths of REST is its simplicity, but that simplicity sometimes raises objections from developers who question whether such a simple approach to application integration can deal with ...

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

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WordPress, the wildly popular CMS that powers 25 percent of all of the planet’s websites, has received an update with a raft of new features, including the ability to share entire posts on other sites ...

GT Software, a provider of mainframe integration solutions, announced that the company's flagship product, Ivory Service Architect, has released version 4.3 that adds the REST architecture as a new ...

Building custom APIs for every mobile, Web, and IoT project drives up costs and risk; there’s a better way The engineering team at DreamFactory designed and built some of the very first applications ...

Modern applications rely on multiple data sources: on-premise legacy applications, cloud applications, databases, modern cloud-based SaaS solutions, IoT devices and third-party APIs. The integration ...

These days, REST APIs are available to integrate your application or website with thousands of platforms — Web 2.0 properties such as Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare, as well as old-school companies ...