Many Web API designers claim their are RESTful, but their APIs have little in common with REST. What can be done to make a web service API truly RESTful?

If you’re doing RESTful services for a typical Ruby application, Rails is the way to go (and even if you’re not using Ruby in general…you should be considering JRuby + Rails).

REST API URL naming conventions The following list represents the standard set of REST API naming conventions and best practices that software architects should follow when they develop and design ...