What am I not understanding about REST?

Question

I\'m building a framework and want developers who build with it to have the ability to allow parts of it to both share data with other sites and allow other sites to add/edi

Answer 1

I find nothing restfull about REST. To me, its a great concept from an abstract point of view for web geeks that do not have to deal with the more gritty coding issues involved in complex HTTP communication.

Wouldn'd it be nice if a REST API was available that abstracted us from all the HTTP. But it doesn't. Instead, REST proponants have to do a sales job to you write such an API with all the attendant problems of debugging and testing.

The day I see a REST 1.0 header, I'll take a second look to find an advantage worth the effort.