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How to Create a REST API in Rails 2.0

Newspaper current event by dhinchcliffe on 16 January 2008, tagged as soa, rest, walkthrough, ruby on rails, computing, programming, and how to

Ruby on Rails 2.0 sports many new improvements, but some of the biggest changes involve getting closer to the full Web-orientation of REST and HTTP. Creating open Web applications based on modern Web service foundations is now so easy in Rails it can be accomplished with a few lines of code. An in-depth article entitled Creating Open Web APIs: Exploring REST and WOA in Rails 2.0 explores the performance and productivity implications of platforms like Rails - as well as a walkthrough of how to create and use an open Web application with a matching REST API in Rails 2.0.

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After the intro by markmcb :: NR7 :: on 16 January 2008

Here's a good cheat sheet (pdf) once you get the concepts down. The peepcode screencast referenced within is good too. (Note: the cheat sheet uses the old semicolon notation. Just use a "/" instead.)