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Representational state transfer, or REST, is an architectural style for networking software to transfer information through the web.
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Why is a small fixed vocabulary seen as an advantage to RESTful services?
Consider a language where all constructs (such as functions) are objects. Then the RESTful verbs are simply calling conventions and assignment statements. For JavaScript you could define a fixed verb …
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Why is a small fixed vocabulary seen as an advantage to RESTful services?
REST is supposed to be advantageous in that it can grow without extending the vocabulary. RESTful services grow dynamically by adding more resources. … That's essentially how REST works, and it makes me a little uncomfortable to think about it. …