As developers, we often hear the terms REST and RESTful API used interchangeably. But what’s the difference? 🤷‍♂️

✨ REST (Representational State Transfer):

REST is an architectural style for building scalable web services. It provides guidelines and principles like:
Stateless communication 📡
Use of HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) 🛠️
Resource-based URLs 🌐
REST is a concept, not a specific technology!

🌟 RESTful API :

RESTful API refers to a web service that implements these REST principles. It’s an API that follows the REST architecture and allows interaction through HTTP requests, handling data as resources.

In short:

REST is a set of guidelines or rules.
RESTful API is an implementation of those guidelines.
Do you often use RESTful APIs in your projects? Let me know in the comments!👇

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