MSDN Code Gallery - Home. A Guide to Designing and Building RESTful Web Services with WCF 3.5. Aaron Skonnard, Pluralsight October 2008 Overview From the point of view of REST, a “real” Web service is a service designed to embrace the “Web” from the ground up. The Web has become the most successful distributed computing platform ever developed, thanks to years of investment and widespread usage. The Web platform includes concepts that you’re probably already familiar with like URIs, HTTP, and common data formats like XML, RSS/ATOM, and JSON. Ultimately, services that embrace these core concepts will immediately derive the valuable benefits they provide.
REST defines an architectural style based on a set of constraints for building things the “Web” way. Before immersing ourselves in the world of REST, we should review the essence of the Web platform as we know it today. Resource-Oriented Architecture On the Web, every resource is given a unique identifier, also known as a universal resource identifier (URI). Fundamental HTTP Concepts Figure 1: Some common HTTP methods REST Defined ? 137 years of Popular Science Magazine now online. PC Hardware Review at Computer Power User Magazine: How To Build Your Own Computer, Overclocking Guide. MSDN Magazine RSS Feeds. MSDN Magazine Home.