Using Go to build a REST service on top of mongoDB
I’ve been following go (go-lang) for a while now and finally had some time to experiment with it a bit more. In this post we’ll create a simple HTTP server ...
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Building a REST service in Scala with Akka HTTP, Akka Streams and reactive mongo
At the end of last year I wrote a couple of articles that showed how you can use Spray.io to create a Scala based REST service () and how to create a websock...
First steps with REST, Spray and Scala
On this site you can already find a couple of articles on how to do REST with a multiple of different frameworks. You can find an old one on Play, some on Sc...
Create a simpe RESTful service with vert.x 2.0, RxJava and mongoDB
A new article after an hiatus of almost half a year. In this article we’ll have quick look at how you can get started with vert.x and more interestingly how ...
Tutorial: Node.js and Express.js - Part I - Getting started
A couple of months ago a wrote a series of tutorials on scalatra. In this article, and a couple of follow ups, I’ll do the same for Node.js together with Exp...
Presentation: From REST to HATEOAS
Yesterday I gave a presentation at JPoint’s meetingpoint on how to get your API or service from using the basic REST principles such as verbs and resources t...
Election site part 1: Basics with Knockout.js, Bootstrap and d3.js
This article shows how you can use knockout.js, Twitter’s Bootstrap and d3.js together to create a javascript application that creates visually pleasing grap...
Protect a REST service using HMAC (Play 2.0)
When you talk about security for REST based APIs, people often point to HTTPS. With HTTPS you can easily protect your services from prying eyes using methods...
Play 2.0: Akka, Rest, Json and dependencies
I’ve been diving more and more into scala the last couple of months. Scala together with the “Play Framework” provides you with a very effective and quick de...
How should REST services be documented?
REST has become the standard way of creating APIs and exposing resources on the internet. Traditional web services (using SOAP and various sets of WS-* stand...