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Introduction to REST Message Oriented Communication Messages are sent through a channel abstraction The channel connects two running processes Time coupling between sender and receiver Transmission time is measured in terms of milliseconds, typically Resource Oriented Communication Main focus is about Request addressing. Unique address per resource. Application interface is generic to the request mechanism. Nothing directly linked to address/ URL. REST Representational State Transfer (REST) is a style of architecture based on a set of principles that describe how networked resources are defined and addressed. These principles were first described in 2000 by Roy Fielding as part of his doctoral dissertation. REST is an alternative to SOAP and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). It is important to note that REST is a style of software architecture as opposed to a set of standards. As a result, such applications or architectures are sometimes referred to as  RE...

Compare and contrast web applications with web services Web Applications Web applications   are defined by being interactive. You're supposed to use a web application in order to perform a function and use some of the web applications features. Lots of web applications don't even have real informative content or data exactly. People are just supposed to use them in order to perform additional tasks, using their features to accomplish something. You use a web application to check your incoming messages, for instance, or play a game. The browser capabilities involved with web applications are significantly more high-tech, which is one reason why it's usually harder for people to design a web application than a website. Websites are all about getting more data, and web applications are all about doing things. One of your actions is probably going to be getting more information or learning more information, but the web application helped you perform that action. You...