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The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...

SOA is about more than interoperability. SOA is about more than integration. SOA is more than Web services, but Web services still offers the least path of resistance to SOA No argument there. SOA ...