What are RESTful Web Services?

1.	What are RESTful Web Services?
Answer» REST (Representational State Transfer) is a stateless client-server architecture style used for developing applications that are accessible over the web. It is a type of web service whose main GOAL is to make web services more EFFECTIVE. It can be defined as the web service that USES HTTP methods for implementing the REST architecture. Unlike SOAP which is protocol-based, RESTFUL services are architecturally based. It does not contain any contract or WSDL file.

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