[LRUG] Introducing myself

[Dominic Mitchell]

Eleanor wrote:
> I had a senior consultant suggest I look into REST (cf. http:// 
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST for those who've never met the term) the  
> other day, obviously oblivious to the fact that this is the RoR  
> approach to web apps. Sometimes I wonder if we aren't so far ahead of  
> the curve that trying to talk with the rest of the IT world is a lost  
> cause ;)

Be careful.  Rails isn't totally RESTish by default (although it tends 
to be better than its competitors).  You can make it do much better than 
the default however.  Take a look at this recent article:

   http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/04/19/rest-on-rails.html

-Dom