Comments on: Musings on REST http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/06/musings-on-rest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=musings-on-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: Bhavya http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/06/musings-on-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-8605 Bhavya Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:20:56 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=710#comment-8605 Thanks for the explanation. So the take home is "REST manages and organizes Resources while SOA manages all kind of services." Thanks for the explanation.
So the take home is
“REST manages and organizes Resources while SOA manages all kind of services.”

]]> By: Dhananjay Nene http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/06/musings-on-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-8561 Dhananjay Nene Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:47:11 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=710#comment-8561 While REST and design patterns both assist in design, there is indeed a substantial difference. REST specifies a set of conceptual constructs and architecture constraints thus specifying an architecture style. Design patterns on the other hand specify specific solutions to defined problem statements. It is indeed a architecture style using which you can create web interfaces. However it is less clear if it is a web service. I have argued in this post that it is Resource Oriented and not Service Oriented and the distinction should not be lost. ie. a REST architecture exposes web resources and not web services (though some would contest that statement). Having said that, at a higher level of abstraction, both REST and SOA attempt to solve a very similar set of business problems, so it is easy to confuse the two or often deal with them interoperability when approaching them at a higher level of abstraction. While REST and design patterns both assist in design, there is indeed a substantial difference. REST specifies a set of conceptual constructs and architecture constraints thus specifying an architecture style. Design patterns on the other hand specify specific solutions to defined problem statements.

It is indeed a architecture style using which you can create web interfaces. However it is less clear if it is a web service. I have argued in this post that it is Resource Oriented and not Service Oriented and the distinction should not be lost. ie. a REST architecture exposes web resources and not web services (though some would contest that statement). Having said that, at a higher level of abstraction, both REST and SOA attempt to solve a very similar set of business problems, so it is easy to confuse the two or often deal with them interoperability when approaching them at a higher level of abstraction.

]]> By: Bhavya http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2009/06/musings-on-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-8387 Bhavya Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:33:15 +0000 http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/?p=710#comment-8387 Can we call REST as a design pattern ? Is it a way or a methodology in which we can create a Web Service ? or is it a SOA implementation ? Can we call REST as a design pattern ?

Is it a way or a methodology in which we can create a Web Service ?

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is it a SOA implementation ?

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