A RESTful Web service, an example

It’s often hard for people to “get” REST, this is mostly due to the fact that REST isn’t a tangible thing like a piece of software or even a specification, it’s a selection of ideals, of best practices distilled from the HTTP specs. I’ve always found that the best way to understand something is to see an example, to see the principles in action first and worry about the details later once I unders