VPP Spring Remoting and Webservices - chapter 14-28, using REST

Notes:

• The exercise use a server-client application setup.
• This repo holds the server-side app.
• Need the tomcat server up and running with provided /mywebbapp/ application started.
• Related client-side app is in repo: TBA

Chapter summary:

• Ch. 14 Part 3: REST Warmup (28 m 52 s) :: As a prelude to part 3, we start by reviewing the HTTP Verbs. If you know these already, you can skip to the next chapter.

• Ch. 15 Introducing REST (18 m 16 s) :: What is REST? Is it a standard? We define REST using "4 core principles". In this chapter we explore the first two of these.

• Ch. 16 Representations and URIs (39 m 12 s) :: We'll start by building some REST representations and assigning them URIs.

• Ch. 17 REST Clients (31 m 1 s) :: Of course, we also need to be able to call our REST service, so we look at what a REST client might look like, both in Java and in Spring.

• Ch. 18 Content Negotiation (60 m 42 s) :: We'll learn how the HTTP headers contain information about the type of data the client would like to receive.

• Ch. 19 Error Handling (49 m 16 s) :: Learning the HTTP Status codes is important as a REST developer.

• Ch. 20 Client Side Errors (40 m 57 s) :: The RESTTemplate is a bit weak at detecting errors. We show how to extend the template to make it more robust.

• Ch. 21 Collections and Ranges (49 m 10 s) :: How to return representations of multiple objects.

• Ch. 22 Full HTTP Operations (62 m 53 s) :: The third of the four core principles of REST is that the HTTP Verbs should be wisely used.

• Ch. 23 Editing Conflicts (optional) (40 m 25 s) :: This advanced chapter shows how you can implement optimistic locking for PUT operations by returning HTTP 409.

• Ch. 24 Partial Updates with PATCH (optional) (29 m 8 s) :: PATCH is a new (proposed) HTTP Verb and can be used for partial updates. Its a good idea but client support is patchy (pun not intended).

• Ch. 25 HATEOAS (62 m 39 s) :: Perhaps the worst acronym in our industry, this hides an important concept that is slowly becoming more important in REST. We start with the basics...

• Ch. 26 More HATEOAS (45 m 59 s) :: ... and then we expand to use more features, including the Spring HATEOAS plugin.

• Ch. 27 Validation (39 m 26 s) :: How to use standard Spring-MVC to trap for errors in the representations.

• Ch. 28 Practical Session (92 m 23 s) :: A major practical. Before starting, we talk about ISO8601 dates, and also why REST isn't CRUD.

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