Re: IBM i in the cloud (was social media)

[joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> REST is completely acceptable for using in external facing applications.
> SOAP is harder to use and more complex.  Not to mention has more overhead.
>  It is my prediction that in the very near future 2-5 years REST will be
> the vastly dominant data transfer format (because it creates native
> javascript elements).  Security is what you make it.  XML is no more
> secure than JSON.  Its all about how you handlet he authentication.

I don't disagree in general that REST can be used externally.  The reason
I would use SOAP has little to do with security; it is that SOAP has a
more standardized interface and because of that it is a better fit
communication where you don't necessarily have control over both ends of
the communication (such as with partners).  In those cases, the WSDL
provides a great way of standardizing the communication.

Joe