RESTpohjaisissa

RESTpohjaisissa refers to systems or applications built using RESTful principles. REST, which stands for Representational State Transfer, is an architectural style for designing networked applications. It's not a protocol or a standard but rather a set of constraints and guidelines that, when followed, lead to more scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems.

Key characteristics of RESTpohjaisissa systems include statelessness, where each request from a client to a server must contain all the information necessary to understand and complete the request. The server should not store any client context between requests. They also utilize a uniform interface, which simplifies and decouples the architecture, enabling each part to evolve independently. This uniform interface typically involves standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) applied to resources, which are identified by URIs.

Another principle is the client-server separation, where client and server development can proceed independently as long as the interface between them remains stable. RESTpohjaisissa architectures often employ caching to improve performance and scalability by allowing responses to be implicitly or explicitly defined as cacheable. They may also support layered systems, where a client cannot ordinarily tell whether it is connected directly to the end server or to an intermediary along the way. This allows for load balancing, caching, and other enhancements. The use of RESTful principles in designing APIs has become a de facto standard for web services due to its simplicity and effectiveness.