REST is an architectural style for distributed systems. However, many implementations forget about the distributed part of REST and simply map CRUD operations to HTTP verbs in a monolithic application.

Why not split this up into a truely distributed system, where applications use REST for communication? Real REST. Where clients travel on hypermedia routes using the REST APIs from the services.

While discussing the concepts of hypermedia-driven APIs, we'll explore the Roar gem that makes both REST representations and hypermedia fun.