RuPy 2008 presentation about the basics of REST architecture

1. A Need for REST
Łukasz ‘Bragi’ Piestrzeniewicz
bragi@ragnarson.com

2. Briefly About Me
not so interesting details

3. REST Belongs to RuPy

4. A Need for REST
• thinking about resources
• resources vs RPC
• REST in Rails
• plain old Ruby and REST

5. REST Is Architecture
• Architecture not standard
• Rather old one
• Simple
• NOT easy
• Applicable anywhere but let’s stick to
HTTP

6. Road To Resources
Access URL
• Send a file
• Run a script
• Use controller and action

7. REST Is About
Resources
• Resources are named things
• Nouns
• User, Transaction, Page, Invoice
• Collections also: Users, Transactions