RESTful can be considered harmful?

[the] internet is running in debug mode source

"I don’t like RESTful principles and APIs. In recent years it is seen as universal protocol for inter-process communication, especially in distributed systems. However I see many deficiencies of REST and there are alternatives that work well for certain use cases. Obviously there is no one size fits all, I just want to emphasize that REST architecture is flawed in a number of ways."

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http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2015/07/restful-considered-harmful.html

API Security in the real world

ANATOMY OF A REAL WORLD API SECURITY BREACH

API security “is fundamental to the security of the entire Internet,” and, thus, the connected lives we lead. This piece works to tell the story of how one business dealt with its API security being compromised and what they’ve learned since.

Series: API Design Best Practices (by MuleSoft)

MuleSoft is very well known in the API space and I personally have used and promoted RAML and is usually compared with Swagger (2.0).  These series of posts from them will be very useful for anyone delving into RESTful APIs.

API design best practices series

• Part 1: Planning Your API 
• Part 2: Spec Driven Development 
• Part 3: Nouns, CRUD, and More 
• Part 4: Hypermedia 
• Continue Reading on Hypermedia 

I will keep updating this post as and when MuleSoft publishes theirs.