In previous articles we have described how to build a REST Api with Spray and how to (de)serialize case classes with json4s. However, in order to keep things simple, we didn't always do things as suggested by spray.io. In this article we will redeem ourselves and we will describe how to build a REST CRUD… Continue reading How to build a Scala REST CRUD application with Spray
Category: REST
How to build a REST api with Spray and Akka
Spray is a library written on top of Akka and Scala that allows to quickly create REST interfaces. It is becoming more and more popular in the Scala community because it is easy to use and performant thanks to this asynchronous, actor-based model. This article describes how to efficiently exploit Spray to create a simple… Continue reading How to build a REST api with Spray and Akka
RESTful now more important than ever.
REST APIs are becoming more and more popular: they allow horizontal scalability, they are flexible to change and easy to use without the need of detailed documentation. However, some APIs claim to be RESTful when they are not. This is mainly for two reasons: - We don’t always have a clear idea of what RESTful means, we just associate… Continue reading RESTful now more important than ever.
Daniela Sfregola 