Using the phrasing “REST over HTTP” is a sure sign someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about

Oct 22, 2016 · 8:45 AM UTC

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If that were what people meant, i wouldn't object. Most know neither HTTP nor REST, though
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Replying to @stilkov
Sounds pretty accurate to me; what is the offending part here to you?
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it's that most people who use the phrase don't know what either HTTP or REST means
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Welches andere Protokoll eignet sich denn? Ich meine, ohne die semantische Nutzung der (HTTP) Methoden zu verletzen?
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(NB: REST ist kein Protokoll.) Ich benutze meistens “RESTful HTTP”, wenn ich REST-konforme Nutzung von HTTP meine
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Replying to @stilkov
So REST using CoAP as the underlying application protocol doesn't qualify?
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I notice you didn’t write “over”. Also, stop trolling ;)
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Replying to @stilkov
@starbuxman According to Fielding,REST is "an architectural style" and is not dedicated to HTTP. Fielding applied REST to HTTP URI
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“Fielding applied REST to HTTP URI” -- I have no idea what you mean by that. It's certainly nothing @fielding did
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Replying to @stilkov
please explain. I understand that rest is a style of http, but saying "over http" or "over https" conveys one more bit of info.
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