The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. This is a contributed piece for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Alex Walling in his ...

It's not hard to create a RESTful web service in Java. In fact, frameworks like Spring Boot, the Eclipse MicroProfile and Jakarta Enterprise Edition make the development of RESTful Java applications ...

An Application Programming Interface (API) is the bridge that allows different software applications to communicate effectively. Born in 1968 with an emphasis on hardware independence, APIs have ...

There is no sanctioning body or open source linter that can verify if a RESTful API conforms and complies with all applicable REST API naming conventions and best practices. However, REST API ...

Please note that this is a little more technical than my previous articles – sometimes I need to let my inner-geek out. Simply because RESTful APIs are based on resources and use the HTTP verbs (GET, ...

Application programming interfaces (APIs) have been used for many years to allow computer programs to exchange information, but they are not as commonly used in manufacturing systems. As more systems ...