It’s just data
Don Box: GET is one of the most optimized pieces of distributed systems plumbing in the world. It’s an absolute/objective slam dunk. No arguing/evangelism needed IMO. GET is the classic “the first bag is free” kind of feature a platform builder dreams about.
The optimizations that GET provide are cheap, but not free. I continue to use my elevator pitch frequently.
I’m guilty of spreading this “REST/GET == cacheability” story, without providing the bad news that you need to work for it. ETags, Last-Modified, Expires, etc. No cacheability without it. The server needs to do a little work to make this happen. And your data might be implicated.
Need to start asking the ETag question ...
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Trackback from Don Box's Spoutlet
The Biggest Guestbook in the World © edwin11_79 As atonement for my sins , I’ve started a new mini-project called gRESTbook . The idea is to actually stop spouting off about REST, and just waving the “it’s easy and it’s cacheable!” flag, and...
Excerpt from Patrick Mueller atI’ve collected lots of somewhat REST-connected posts in the last two weeks, but somehow can’t seem to find the time to comment … so here’s a quick linkdump: Verbs and Interaction patterns, Benjamin Carlyle, including some interesting thoughts on a gateway approach between WS-* and REST Mark Nottingham on REST issues, real and imagined — good points, especially regarding URI......
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I’m guilty of spreading this “REST/GET == cacheability” story, without providing the bad news that you need to work for it. ETags, Last-Modified, Expires, etc....
Excerpt from del.icio.us/alan.dean/rest atThe Biggest Guestbook in the World © edwin11_79 As atonement for my sins , I’ve started a new mini-project called gRESTbook . The idea is to actually stop spouting off about REST, and just waving the “it’s easy and it’s cacheable!” flag, and writes...
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