How the Web Evolves with Hypermedia
summary
Argument that the Web scales because hyperlinks create loose coupling and machines must use the same pattern, not rigid RPC: implement HATEOAS with well‑defined vendor media types so clients discover actions by following link relations (self/next/last) instead of hardcoded URLs. Demonstrates LoveFilm’s API that returns next links for pagination and a vendor MIME for product state transitions, shows this preserves evolvability while typical “REST” APIs break when servers change.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 1:43first data exchange system
- 3:03loosely coupled by design
- 28:11THE MACHINE BRAIN Hypermedia to the Rescue
- 35:21HTTP's Uniform Interface is generic
