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1 in 4 Developers To Get RESTed

AJAXWorld has reported a couple of interesting data points from Evans Data Corp’s latest Web Services Development Survey (the article refers to the Spring 2006 survey - I think this is a typo as the Winter 2006 Survey has come out).

First, The REST (Representational State Transfer) 'style' use is on the rise: The Evans Data survey found a 37% increase in respondents implementing or considering REST. Now, as a mentor of mine once said to me, "X% of f*ck all is still f*ck all", so this data really needs qualifying to understand significance of this, I haven't seen original survey data (but I intend to). I do know that there were 400+ respondents.

However, this is noteworthy:

  • "with one out of four surveyed saying that they are considering REST-Based Web Services as a simpler alternative to SOAP-based services".

So, if you are one of the 3 out of 4 developers that are not considering REST, then you might want to take a look here

Another data point in the survey: close to half of developers surveyed say they are already working with AJAX or plan to do so in the coming year.

Posted: Feb 22 2007, 11:12 AM by alexbarnett | with 2 comment(s)
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Randy Charles Morin said:

Since most all Web activity is based on REST web services, then most all of the respondents are either not using the Web or don't know what REST is. Getting this webpage involved a REST HTTP GET web service request. Getting your RSS feed was a REST HTTP GET web service request. Every website on this planet is using REST.

# February 22, 2007 4:33 PM

alexbarnett said:

Randy,

I think it would be interesting to see how the survey defined REST.

That said, I think your understanding of REST and my understnading of REST are not the same. In fact this is a discussion (and a forthcoming book) all of its own. See http://www.alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2006/11/04/REST-Web-Services-and-ROA.aspx

Thanks.

# February 22, 2007 8:17 PM