https://www.compilemymind.com/tags/web-development/ Recent content in Web-Development on Compile My Mind Hugo en Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:14:45 +0300 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/what-is-a-rest-api/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:14:45 +0300 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/what-is-a-rest-api/ <p>A mobile app shows an order. The customer taps <strong>Cancel</strong>, a request crosses the internet, and a moment later the screen says the order is cancelled.</p> <p>That small interaction hides several decisions. How does the app identify the order? How does it express “cancel”? Does the server remember earlier requests? Can a cache reuse the response? What tells the app which action is possible next?</p> <p>People often compress all of those decisions into one sentence: “The app calls a REST API.” Then REST gets reduced to JSON over HTTP, or to a naming convention for URLs.</p>