REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer, a standardized approach to building web services.
A REST API is an intermediary Application Programming Interface that enables two applications to communicate with each other over HTTP, much like how servers communicate to browsers.
RESTful is the most common approach for building web
REST APIs are flexible and allow developers to make decoupled systems. With the rise of the microservice architecture - REST has matured even more as microservices can be built irrespective of the language or the framework used in the application.
Being "in the spotlight" - this means
In this tutorial, we are going to build a REST API to manage books with Node.js and Express. To get started with it, I assume that you have Node.js installed, you have some experience in JavaScript, and some basic knowledge of HTML and Bootstrap.
For the sake
Web development has come a long way since the WWW boom in the late 90's. We as developers now have infinite resources and tools at our disposal. The sheer versatility we have is mind-blowing.
With the rise of Node.js and npm, JavaScript has become the de-facto most used programming
These days our web applications tend to have a lot of integrations with other services, whether it be interacting with a REST service like Twitter, or downloading images from Flickr. Using Node/JavaScript is one of the most popular languages to handle applications like this. Either way, you'll be making
With the extreme prevalence of mobile apps, web apps, and desktop apps, REST services are more important than ever to provide data to it's users. This data could be used for the native app, or for 3rd party developers to expand your service's reach in to other apps. Either way,
