Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 RESTful Assessments

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 Use real world data to provide real issues Aim for reality assessments

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 Student web site assessments are usually small

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 RESTful efforts can provide HUGE sites 10,000 records

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 REST adds real issues to project Pagination Search Load Information Architecture

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 Introduces data object concepts Parse XML into objects and dump into database

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 Ideas only limited by the APIs and their imagination

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 REST is easier to consume than SOAP Pick method Edit details Run

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 We can use it to get our records Code calls REST Parse XML Create Java objects Put items into database

Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2008 REST provides benefits in student work Introduce it and be amazed