Master Java Web Services and REST API with Spring Boot- Introduction to RESTful Web Services

The video introduces REST, a concept coined by Roy Fielding, emphasizing its use of HTTP for web services. It explains HTTP's role in web interactions, detailing request and response formats. RESTful services focus on resources, using URIs for representation, and employ HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE for operations. The video also discusses the lack of a standard service definition in REST, mentioning tools like Swagger for defining services. It concludes with a brief mention of comparing REST and SOAP in the next video.

How does REST handle different data exchange formats?

What are some of the drawbacks of REST regarding service definitions?

What is Swagger and how is it used in the context of RESTful services?