REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer ...

As they do so, they should consider the following five design principles for their future-state technology architecture. 1. Create an API ecosystem that integrates microservices.

Since Fielding’s paper, web APIs have been proliferating all over the Internet, and many API creators qualify their offspring as RESTful, i.e. adhering to REST principles.