From the course: Learning REST APIs
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The six constraints of REST
- [Instructor] Representational state transfer, or REST, refers to a group of software architecture design constraints that bring about efficient, reliable, and scalable systems. There are six of these constraints and to understand REST, we need to know what they are and why they are there. So let's break them down. Constraint number one, client-server architecture. This constraint ensures proper separation of concerns. The client manages user interface concerns, while the server manages data storage concerns. In return, we get a highly portable system where one REST service can serve many different clients and interfaces without knowing or caring what those interfaces look like or what they are doing. In short, we have a complete separation between the content and its presentation and interaction. Constraint number two, statelessness. No client context or information, AKA state, can be stored on the server between…
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