From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-08-27T03:30:49+09:00
Subject: Re: RESTless Ruby?

Daniel Berger wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm aware of xml-rpc and soap implementations for Ruby.  Does anyone
> have a REST implementation for Ruby?
> 
> A few links:
> 
> http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm
> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/05/12/SoapAgain
> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101679/stories/2002/07/20/restSoap.html
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/05/08/deviant.html
> 
> I've seen a few discussions, but no actual implementation - or is
> there no such thing really, since it's HTTP?

REST typically comes up in discussions of Web services, and SOA in
general.  But there is no canonical implementation per se.

> 
> I can read all the papers in the world, but I live by examples! :)


I found this page to be helpful in explaining this with an example:

  http://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html


James