Best practices of implementing a RESTful architecture in an open source web application

von Suresh Shamanna (Liferay GmbH), Jorge Ferrer

Freitag, 01.06.2007, Saal 1: Karlsruhe, 15:00-16:00 Uhr

Summary With so much hype around service-oriented architectures, it is tempting to use traditional (and heavy) SOAP-based web services to communicate among services and to surface data to the presentation layer, particularly when using portal frameworks, enterprise service busses and other heavy-duty infrastructure packages.

This session aims to show that REST is a compelling and lighter alternative to SOAP in many cases. We will demonstrate best practices of implementing REST principles in a web-based Java application (specifically a JSR168 portal framework). We will also:

• Briefly explain the ideas behind REST • Discuss appropriate uses for REST vs. SOAP • Identify limitations of the REST architecture • Consider how REST combined with JSON enables rapid application development by bypassing the Struts layer • Explore how REST helps align an application with Web 2.0 principles

Presenters Jorge Ferrer

Biography Jorge Ferrer is a Software Architect at Liferay. A long-time open source advocate, Jorge is obtaining a Ph.D. focusing on open source community development processes. In addition, Jorge is the lead committer of EasyConf, a popular Apache-licensed developer tool. Jorge also sits as Liferay’s representative to the JSR286 Expert Group.

Über den Autor Suresh Shamanna:

Suresh Shamanna, Director of European Opeartions and Managing Director of Liferay GmbH. Suresh has been contributing to Liferay Enterprise Portal which is publisched under MIT License past 6 years. Prior to Liferay, Suresh worked as Freelance Architect for various Organizations such as Deutsche Telekom, SwissAir, etc. and was instrumental in Implementing various Solutions which is been used by millions of users worldwide even today. As a long-time open source advocate, suresh holds degree in MSC and MBA.

Über den Autor Jorge Ferrer:

Jorge Ferrer is a Software Architect at Liferay. A long-time open source advocate, Jorge is obtaining a Ph.D. focusing on open source community development processes. In addition, Jorge is the lead committer of EasyConf, a popular Apache-licensed developer tool. Jorge also sits as Liferay’s representative to the JSR286 Expert Group.