Modern API Development with Spring and Spring Boot

Assessments

This section contains the answers to the questions from every chapter.

Chapter 1 – RESTful Web Services Fundamentals

1. RESTful became popular because it works on top of HTTP protocol, which is the backbone of the internet. You don't need separate protocol implementations such as SOAP. You can use the existing web technologies to implement the REST APIs, with simple application integration compared to other technologies available at the time. REST APIs make application integration simpler compared to other technologies available at the time.
2. RESTful services work on REST, which works on web resources. Resources represent domain models. Actions are defined using HTTP methods, which are performed on web resources. It also allows clients ...