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15 days agoIn that HTTP is all about manipulating a large set of resources (nouns) with a very small set of fixed commands (verbs), and there are no remote procedures at a conceptual level at all.
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In that HTTP is all about manipulating a large set of resources (nouns) with a very small set of fixed commands (verbs), and there are no remote procedures at a conceptual level at all.
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While I don’t disagree with the general message here, this sentence stuck in my throat:
“The conceptual model of HTTP is also simple, in that you can basically view it as an RPC system.”
Ugh. That’s exactly what HTTP is not, conceptually or otherwise.
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Fair enough. Thanks for the qualification and clarification 👍
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