The title of this post is a quote from Roy T. Fielding (he had a hand in creating the HTTP 1.1 spec [http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html] in 1999, basically defined / put into words the architecture and behaviors of the internet as a hypermedia system – REST »

Some of the most important aspects of creating web based API, or any web based application is messaging and behavior - user experience. Back in 1999 when the HTTP 1.1 protocol was defined and the HTML 4.0.1 spec was released the web began to get more lively. »

I find that I wreck my development machine often, either because I over-tweak or because I a messing with something that I have never messed with before. IIS on Vista / Server 2008 is one of those things where messing with it outside of the configuration interface can really jack things »

I can't believe I missed this gem that Roy T. Fielding [http://roy.gbiv.com/] put out in October! If you're not up for reading the monster dissertation [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm] at least read this post [http://roy.gbiv. »

I keep a copy of Roy Fielding's 162 page dissertation [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm]in my laptop bag, yeah I know - ich bin ein nerd, but hey it only adds another 2~3 lbs to my bag and I like rules »

Let me begin by building the frame of how we approached the idea for a new API before I go into the details of the technologies we chose. We needed an API that would address the following: 1. Secure 2. Follows common community standards / practices 3. Public interface 4. Extremely »

I am not big on repeating code or typing more than I have to. So, as I started adding entities to a RESTful API (which is built on .NET MVC) I quickly saw a need for automation. It seemed that I was almost always building out my controllers using the »