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HATEOAS Gonna Hate

Post on February 2, 2015 by J Andrew Scott

In my previous post, No REST for the Wicked, I gave my two cents on REST and the underlying principle of HATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State). In my opinion, HATEOAS is applicable to more than just REST architecture. The internet trolls may argue that I’m using the term too broadly, but HATEOAS introduces a number of concepts that are worth exploring in their own right.

No REST for the Wicked

Post on January 27, 2015 by J Andrew Scott

You can hardly mention the terms API or REST without tripping over some developer’s rant about which API’s are RESTful and which are not. Frankly, I’m running out of reasons to care. Standards and paradigms are tools, not goals. So to everyone still debating over what is and isn’t RESTful I say, “Your mom’s API isn’t REStful.”