Jimmy Bogard oversees the technical design and architecture of Headspring Solutions, evaluating potential technologies and increasing awareness of technologies on the horizon.
Jimmy is an author, blogger, and speaker. He is a member of the ASPInsiders group, the C# Insiders group, and received the “Microsoft Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) award for ASP.NET in 2009-2014. Jimmy is also the creator and lead developer of the popular OSS library AutoMapper.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Jimmy Bogard and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
REST is not an architectural style to undertake lightly. Understand the problem it solves, what gaps it covers, and decide if it's right for your architecture
To avoid slapdash or overdone engineering, start with the simplest architecture that could possibly work, verify it works, and leave it alone