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A REST API (short for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a way two separate pieces of ...

If you’re building cloud-native applications with microservices, they need to be small. You don’t want code that comes with enough dependencies and required libraries to turn something that should be ...

With APIs serving as the backbone of modern web applications, ensuring they can scale effectively while staying secure is a top priority for developers and architects alike. As data sensitivity and ...

The open source .NET Standard 2.0 project was finalized today, providing a formal spec for .NET APIs that should be available to developers working with all .NET implementations. With finalization, ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...