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Olatunde Adedeji
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Olatunde Adedeji

Olatunde Adedeji is a seasoned web developer with over 15 years of experience in developing dynamic and detail-oriented enterprise web applications. Along with his extensive experience in developing, maintaining and supporting mobile, web and enterprise applications in Python, Go and JavaScript, Olatunde has consistently delivered excellent services, as team lead, team member or in consultancy capacity. Olatunde is proficient in application design and solution blueprinting; including mastery of application development tools such as: Flask, Django, Gin, React, and NodeJS. When not weaving the web and playing chess, Olatunde spends time with his wife, Adedoyin and two daughters, Mitchelle and Mabel.
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REST API design principles

REST API, or RESTful API, describes an API that conforms to the REST architectural style using an HTTP-based interface for network communication. An API in its simplest form defines a set of rules that disparate systems or applications need to conform to in order to exchange data.

Dr. Roy Fielding, in the year 2000, presented a dissertation (https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm) that described a novel design approach that API designers are expected to follow in building applications that can stand the test of time in addition to being secure. In order to develop a RESTful system, there are architectural constraints that are worth keeping in mind.

We will examine those REST principles, such as client-server, statelessness, caching, uniform interface, layered system, and code on demand, to conform to a REST style guide.

Client-server

The REST API architecture encourages client and server communication. The client...

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Olatunde Adedeji

Olatunde Adedeji is a seasoned web developer with over 15 years of experience in developing dynamic and detail-oriented enterprise web applications. Along with his extensive experience in developing, maintaining and supporting mobile, web and enterprise applications in Python, Go and JavaScript, Olatunde has consistently delivered excellent services, as team lead, team member or in consultancy capacity. Olatunde is proficient in application design and solution blueprinting; including mastery of application development tools such as: Flask, Django, Gin, React, and NodeJS. When not weaving the web and playing chess, Olatunde spends time with his wife, Adedoyin and two daughters, Mitchelle and Mabel.
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