How to write a Ruby and Rails 3 REST APIBackground I’ve always wondered how I’d go about publishing a real REST API on the web to do something. In this example, we’ll create an employee manager app-thing. It’s not particularly interesting but it shows what “API” means. In another bit, we’ll create an “API” meaning a library to interact with this web service. Caveats If you are just getting started with Rails and Ruby, you might find tha
