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Thanks. I understand REST is preferable to SOAP, correct?<br />
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<a href="http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest" rel="ugc">http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest</a><br />
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And GRAPH?
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Thanks. I understand REST is preferable to SOAP, correct?

http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest [http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest]

And GRAPH?

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Hello<br />
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I would like to learn more about API's.<br />
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I understand there are REST API's, SOAP, web services, GRAPH API's etc.<br />
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CONFUSED!<br />
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1. What is the difference between an API and a web service<br />
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2. What is the difference between REST and SOAP<br />
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3. Where would one use REST and one use SOAP and one use Web Services<br />
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4. Anything else useful ;-)<br />
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Can someone explain in layman's terms or point me in the right direction?
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Hello

I would like to learn more about API's.

I understand there are REST API's, SOAP, web services, GRAPH API's etc.

CONFUSED!

1. What is the difference between an API and a web service

2. What is the difference between REST and SOAP

3. Where would one use REST and one use SOAP and one use Web Services

4. Anything else useful ;-)

Can someone explain in layman's terms or point me in the right direction?

REST v SOAP v GRAPH and other API's

Representational state transfer (REST) is an architectural style that gives a coordinated set of constraints to the design of components in a distributed hypermedia system used to design networked applications. RESTful systems typically communicate over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the same HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) that web browsers use to retrieve web pages and to send data to remote servers. REST interfaces with external systems using resources identified by Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that can be operated upon using standard verbs.

REST

SOAP

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Web Services

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Microsoft Development

Programming includes both the specifics of the language you’re using, like Visual Basic, .NET, Java and others, but also the best practices in user experience and interfaces and the management of projects, version control and development. Other programming topics are related to web and cloud development and system and hardware programming.

Programming

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