In a new InfoQ article, Steve Vinoski, known as one of the world's leading authorities on middleware, takes a look at how to build RESTful web services using the Erlang programming language and the Yaws web server.
Erlang has seen a renewed interest because it is, together with the accompanying Erlang/OTP framework, built specifically to exploit parallel computing resources. In the article, Steve shows how Erlang's features are a match for implementing RESTful services, specifically discussing how to map an application's URI space to Erlang program code.
Check out the full article here.
Erlang has seen a renewed interest because it is, together with the accompanying Erlang/OTP framework, built specifically to exploit parallel computing resources. In the article, Steve shows how Erlang's features are a match for implementing RESTful services, specifically discussing how to map an application's URI space to Erlang program code.
Check out the full article here.