REST Archives

Prisma

A Simple REST API with Prisma, Part 2: The Server

This series covers building a simple REST API using the Prisma ORM and Postgresql. Here, I'll explain how to use this Prisma client in our express server.

Web Apps

Leveraging the Boundary Between Client and Server in a REST API

A lesson I learned about leveraging the boundary between the client and server in a REST API by abstracting embedded resources.

Ember.js

Unorthodox Ember Data Models: A Resource By Any Other Identifier

A few heterodox ways of modeling a resource with Ember Data.

Web Apps, Java

Using Hibernate DAOs in DropWizard Tasks

How to set up a DropWizard Task to use Hibernate DAO objects for database work.

Web Apps

Say it Again: CRUD is not REST

Nick Sutterer makes a great case for separating CRUD from REST, and also touches on the important interface constraints of the REST architectural style.

Ruby on Rails

Nested Backbone Models

When mapping a Backbone Model directly to a Rails model, it is common that you may want to have a nested or associated model.