A REST API (short for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a way two separate pieces of ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

APIs are application programming interfaces. They are pieces of software that act as a bridge between one application and another application, piece of hardware or database of information, for example ...

Programming with APIs is a valuable enhancement to the software development lifecycle, in part because using APIs helps formalize our thinking about systems. As you’ve seen in this two-part article, ...

While you were getting your coffee, Java application development changed–again. In a world driven by rapid change and innovation, it’s ironic that APIs are making a comeback. Like the coding ...

Building web services and documenting RESTful endpoints is no easy task, but testing RESTful APIs has always been a particularly sore point with Spring Boot and Java. Sure, you can test a GET ...

There is no sanctioning body or open source linter that can verify if a RESTful API conforms and complies with all applicable REST API naming conventions and best practices. However, REST API ...

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