RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World by Leonard Richardson (English)

Description: RESTful Web APIs by Leonard Richardson With this practical guide, youll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the worlds most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description RESTful APIs make programming easy for users, but it can be tricky to map traditional APIs to REST expectations. While REST simplifies user expectations, getting the flow and granularity of data right remains a challenge. RESTs popularity has led to tremendous growth in "almost REST" APIs, and grown demand for projects that evolve toward the hypermedia possibilities REST opens for data on the Web. This book shows readers how to get APIs as close as possible to optimum usability, focusing on solutions to common problems that cross a variety of domains. By combining the tools and expectations that the Web has already provided with complex data structures, developers will be able to create secure and powerful applications their customers will be happy to use. Author Biography Leonard Richardson /) is the author of the Ruby Cookbook (OReilly) and of several open source libraries, including Beautiful Soup. A California native, he currently lives in New York. An internationally known author and lecturer, Mike Amundsen travels throughout the United States and Europe consulting and speaking on a wide range of topics including distributed network architecture, Web application development, Cloud computing, and other subjects. His recent work focuses on the role hypermedia plays in creating and maintaining applications that can successfully evolve over time. He has more than a dozen books to his credit and recently contributed to the book "RESTful Web Services Cookbook" (by Subbu Allamaraju). When he is not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his family in Kentucky, USA Sam Ruby is a prominent software developer who is a co-chair of the W3C HTML Working Group and has made significant contributions to many of the Apache Software Foundations open source software projects. He is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the Emerging Technologies Group of IBM. Table of Contents Praise for RESTful Web APIs;Dedication;Foreword;Introduction; Duplication of Effort; Hypermedia Is Hard; Whats in This Book?; Whats Not in This Book; Administrative Notes; Understanding Standards; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Long Description RESTful APIs make programming easy for users, but it can be tricky to map traditional APIs to REST expectations. While REST simplifies user expectations, getting the flow and granularity of data right remains a challenge. RESTs popularity has led to tremendous growth in "almost REST" APIs, and grown demand for projects that evolve toward the hypermedia possibilities REST opens for data on the Web. This book shows readers how to get APIs as close as possible to optimum usability, focusing on solutions to common problems that cross a variety of domains. By combining the tools and expectations that the Web has already provided with complex data structures, developers will be able to create secure and powerful applications their customers will be happy to use. Promotional "Headline" RESTful Web Services transformed the way we share data over the Web. RESTful Web APIs provides practical, concrete advice for working in this changed world. Details ISBN1449358063 Author Leonard Richardson Short Title RESTFUL WEB APIS Publisher OReilly Media Language English ISBN-10 1449358063 ISBN-13 9781449358068 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Place of Publication Sebastopol Country of Publication United States DEWEY 006.76 Illustrations black & white illustrations, figures Subtitle Services for a Changing World Imprint OReilly Media Edited by Fu-Chan Wei Birth 1945 Affiliation Consultant Urological Surgeon, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, and Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK Position Contributor Qualifications MD AU Release Date 2013-09-30 NZ Release Date 2013-09-30 UK Release Date 2013-09-30 Pages 379 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2013-10-29 US Release Date 2013-10-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:81801062;

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