REST 101 with Rails
September 1, 2007
I’m doodling around with a new idea. Since it’s goal is to produce several standardized web feeds (Atom, KML, HTML) of a data set over the web, I’ll be using Ruby. Since it makes sense for this to be a REST web service, I’ll also be using Rails. Mike asked about Rails yesterday, and I just read a GREAT introduction by the Softies on Rails guys called “REST 101“. It’s split into five parts (start reading from the bottom), with the first being a pretty non-technical overview of HTML, HTTP, REST and understanding their differences, and the last being technical code samples to show why Rails is a very clean way to pull this off. It’s very well written and I encourage even non-technical people to read at least the first section. Others can read until their eyes glaze over.
BTW – these guys put on a two day “Essential Rails” seminar in Chicago which I attended this past January. I see another is coming up Sept 21-22. Highly recommended.
Given your libRETS post a few days back, you might be interested in the rets_on_rails code that I know you say Dribin display a few years ago. You can check it out of CRT’s subversion repository at https://code.crt.realtors.org/svn/rets_on_rails/trunk/