SOAP vs. REST
May 11th, 2002 by Larry Burton
SOAP is starting to receive some backlash as people are stopping to take a second look at REST and finding it so much easier to implement. Todd brings this out in an item at Flutterby which draws out some words of wisdom from Mark who points out that while a lot of web services can be implemented simpler and easier with REST a lot of other web services can be more simply implemented with SOAP. The arguments being used to lift one method over the other are like the arguments over whether a hammer is a better tool to use than a screwdriver. The point being that you use the tool most appropriate for the task.
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