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Explore the principles of REST architecture including resources, representations, connectors, and components. Understand how REST's stateless design optimizes client-server communication and learn about key Java frameworks such as Jersey, Restlet, and Spring to build RESTful web services effectively.

What is REST?

REST (REpresentation State Transfer) is an architectural style of networked systems, such as Web applications. REST was first introduced in 2000 in Roy Fielding’s ’s Ph.D. dissertation. Roy Fielding was one of the writers of the HTTP specification.

  • REST is a simple stateless architecture that runs on HTTP.
  • A good REST principle to start with is that the interaction between client and server during requests is stateless in nature.
  • Each request
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