Hands-On RESTful Web Services with ASP.NET Core 3

The importance of being REST compliant

Before we discuss REST, we should understand the importance of web services in the modern application development world.

A typical modern application uses web services to obtain and query data. Any company that develop any product or solution uses web services to deliver and track information. This is because it can be difficult to replicate all the data and every behavior you need for every client who uses your application. Web services are also useful for providing access to third-party clients and services. Consider, for example, the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of Google Maps or Instagram: these platforms expose information through HTTP to share it with other companies and services. ...