techmusings

Blockchain Architecture, a closer look at CSC’s TechCom24

Birthdays and Blockchains

I have a birthday coming up. Each year, my family tries to surprise me in some way, but it doesn’t always work…

OSSRank: a project for ranking and categorizing open source projects

There are millions of open-source software projects and libraries available on the internet and many more get added every day. As a prospective user of open source software, you probably find yourself going…

Chatty REST API Calls in Angular Forms

AngularJS Single Page Apps are great at interacting with REST APIs. A common capability we’ve come to use is invoking PATCH operations on an Angular form using two way data binding with an API resource.

My Understanding of REST Architecture

REST is such a misunderstood and yet overused term that I thought I’d share my understanding of the term and usage patterns.

REpresentational State Transfer (abbreviated as REST) is a simple way to organize interactions between…

Why do I need an API?

All commercial software solutions have inherent value in their business functionality. However, relatively few make this functionality easily available to external systems. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provide the means to expose such functionality to authorized users and…