APIs continued

HTTP

• HTTP, tells the browsers what protocol to use.
• HTTP, is equivalent to the http; that is the start of any webpage address.
• HTTP, is an important breakthrough in the computing history, because it works like GPS coordinates; determines one’s location.

REST

• REST is an architectural style, that is the basis of the world wide web.

• REST provides a definition of a “resource”, which is what those things point to.

• A web page is a “representation” of a resource. Resources are just concepts. URLs–those things that you type into the browser

APIs or Web Services

• an acronym for (Application Programming Interface).
• in APIs the front end stands still, and the computer does the job of requesting and recieving data from other computers and sending them back to the front end.
• URLs are equivalent to nonus; computer names.
• redirect is basically computers taliking to each other.
• Ruby on Rails is a “RESTful web framework”.
• so basically we tell the web framework, in what form we want the data, and it does all of the communication.

Building the right teams to work on projects is important, using project management and agile tools can be very helpful too.