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Article: Interview with Restlet creator Jérome Louvel
In this exclusive InfoQ interview, Jérome Louvel talks about Restlet, a Java framework for building Web applications following the REST architectural style. Topics covered include the reason for Restlet's existence, REST support in Web services frameworks and in Ruby on Rails, expectations for JSR 311 and Restlet's roadmap.
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REST changes in Rails Edge and RADAR
A significant change in RESTful routing has been committed to Rails Edge: semicolons are no longer be used to designate custom resources, such as for the edit and new screens of your application.
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WADL REST API description language getting some attention
Many REST API description languages exist but none have seen major uptake; recently WADL has been getting more attention. Yahoo!'s Mark Nottingham is maintaining a stylesheet to generate docs from WADL. Google's Thomas Steiner unveiled plans for a Google project for generating language specific clients from WADL, & generateing WADL from documentation. Sun is adding WADL tools to SDWP.
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Interview with Sanjiva Weerawarana: Debunking REST/WS-* Myths
InfoQ had a chance to talk to WS-* expert and WSO2 CEO Sanjiva Weerawarana, one of the fathers and a firm advocate of the WS-* architectural vision, we questioned him on the WS-* platform and his views on Microsoft's role in standardization. Sanjiva also took the opportunity to address "WS-* and REST myths".
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New JSR Proposed: Java API for RESTful Web Services
Sun has submitted JSR 311, Java API for RESTful Web Services, to the JCP, aiming to "enable developers to rapidly build Web applications in Java that are characteristic of the best designed parts of the Web". Reactions from the REST crowd are mixed.
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Workshop on Web of Services for Enterprise Computing
The Workshop on Web of Services for Enterprise Computing, organized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has led to a number of interesting submissions addressing Web Services and the Web.
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Dion Hinchliffe: Eleven Emerging Ideas for SOA Architects in 2007
"Web 2.0" expert Dion Hinchcliffe elaborates on eleven ideas he considers valuable for SOA architects in 2007, most of them connected to merging Web 2.0 and "classical" SOA concepts.
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Ruby on Rails 1.2 deepens support to REST and Unicode
Tapping into advanced features of the HTTP protocol, the Rails team enhances the flexibilty and interoperability of derived apps, while providing guidance to optimal use of controllers. Combine this with proper UTF-8 support and a growing team of contributors, and Ruby on Rails is ready for 2007 and beyond.
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CORBA Guru Steve Vinoski on REST
Well-known CORBA guru Steve Vinoski has authored an article for IEEE Internet Computing that takes a look at REST from a typical SOA developer's perspective.
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Stefan Tilkov on REST on new Parleys presentations site
At the SOA conference organized by BeJUG (Belgian Java User Group), InfoQ's Stefan Tilkov gave a presentation on REST. Synchronized audio and slides for this and other presentations are available on the new web 2.0ish online conference presentations site, parleys.com.
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Opinion: Are we at risk of losing SOA in favour of Web Services?
There has been some good work in OASIS on defining an SOA Reference Model and SOA Blueprints, but so far this has not been taken up by the majority players in either SOA or ESB. Are the big vendors such as IBM and Microsoft really only interested in Web Services as far as SOA is concerned? Are we at risk of losing the bigger SOA picture in favour of Web Services? Is that such a bad thing anyway?
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Google Deprecates SOAP Search API
Google has deprecated its SOAP Search API, withdrawing one of the most prominent examples of Web service usage on the Internet. The remaining AJAX Search API is only a partial replacement.
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Interview: Pete Lacey Criticizes Web Services
Pete Lacey, author of the "S stands for Simple" dialogue talks to InfoQ about the problems he sees with Web services in general, and SOAP, WSDL and UDDI in particular.
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InfoQ Interview: Stefan Tilkov on SOA
In this interview, Stefan Tilkov talks about his views about SOA, including the definition and role of SOA in general, different styles of implementing it, its applications in the real world, and the role of ESBs. Stefan consults on SOA with the Fortune 1000 and has very practical views on the matter.
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InfoQ Article: Mark Baker on "The Lost Art of Separating Concerns"
In a short article, Mark Baker claims the default approach to SOA development fails to properly separate concerns, and describes how this is different in Web architecture.