CRUD is bad for REST

Posted by: Cirrus Minor, on 23 Jun 2009 | View original | Bookmarked: 0 time(s)

In one of my previous posts (Rest: good, bad and ugly), I made a passing comment, about how I think using CRUD in RESTful service is a bad practice. I received a few comments / questions asking why do I say that so whats wrong with CRUD and REST? On the surface, it seems like a very good fit (both technically and architecturally), however scratch that surface, and youd see that it isnt a good fit for either. REST over HTTP is the most common (almost only)...

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