Comments on: What is statelessness in REST ? http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/04/what-is-statelessness-in-rest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-statelessness-in-rest Dhananjay Nene's opinions on software programming, design, architecture and the internet Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chintan Zaveri http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/04/what-is-statelessness-in-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-6077 Chintan Zaveri Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:53:34 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=622#comment-6077 Thanks for your reply, Dhananjay! Makes a lot of sense. Completely agree! Thanks for your reply, Dhananjay! Makes a lot of sense. Completely agree!

]]> By: Dhananjay Nene http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/04/what-is-statelessness-in-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-6067 Dhananjay Nene Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:45:47 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=622#comment-6067 @Chintan, Semantics allows clear and concise communication of ideas. A great example is the GOF Patterns where the authors very clearly defined what each pattern meant so that we can talk to each other and say "Visitor Pattern" and convey quite unambiguously something that would've taken paragraphs or pages. My concern is when semantics are inconsistent, it leads to lot of confusion and abuse. Which is why at least, I would prefer that we collectively stick to the semantic notions clearly. This is also a thread I explored in <a href="http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/01/software-it-terms-in-early-stages-of-abuse-or-ripe-for-abuse/" rel="nofollow">Software / IT Terms in early stages of abuse or ripe for Abuse</a> @Chintan,
Semantics allows clear and concise communication of ideas. A great example is the GOF Patterns where the authors very clearly defined what each pattern meant so that we can talk to each other and say “Visitor Pattern” and convey quite unambiguously something that would’ve taken paragraphs or pages.

My concern is when semantics are inconsistent, it leads to lot of confusion and abuse. Which is why at least, I would prefer that we collectively stick to the semantic notions clearly. This is also a thread I explored in Software / IT Terms in early stages of abuse or ripe for Abuse

]]> By: Chintan Zaveri http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/04/what-is-statelessness-in-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-6055 Chintan Zaveri Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:18:06 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=622#comment-6055 Good post! With all due respect, isn't this just a matter of name. I mean, we call it Ajax regardless of whether we use XML or JSON or regardless of those occasional synchronous calls? Can't say, Ajax is a misnomer. FWIW, REST is a great technology to use for many situations. Please correct me. Good post! With all due respect, isn’t this just a matter of name. I mean, we call it Ajax regardless of whether we use XML or JSON or regardless of those occasional synchronous calls? Can’t say, Ajax is a misnomer. FWIW, REST is a great technology to use for many situations.

Please correct me.

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