Today web services have become the standard way for inter-application communication and integration. While most enterprise web services are built based on SOAP, WSDL and the WS-* specification universe, a rapidly growing number claim they use a better way: REST, short for REpresentational State Transfer. In this talk, I will try to provide a pragmatic introduction to the fundamentals of REST and RESTful HTTP application integration, based on my personal journey from confused REST skeptic to fluent proponent.

Snacks kindly sponsored by Open Box Software.
Wine kindly sponsored by Yila Consulting.