Bøker av Leonard Richardson

The popularity of REST in recent years has led to tremendous growth in almost-RESTful APIs that dont include many of the architectures benefits. With this practical guide, youll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the worlds most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web.Youll explore the concepts behind REST, learn different strategies for creating hypermedia-based APIs, and then put everything together with a step-by-step guide to designing a RESTful Web API.Examine API design strategies, including the collection pattern and pure hypermediaUnderstand how hypermedia ties representations together into a coherent APIDiscover how XMDP and ALPS profile formats can help you meet the Web API "e;semantic challenge"e;Learn close to two-dozen standardized hypermedia data formatsApply best practices for using HTTP in API implementationsCreate Web APIs with the JSON-LD standard and other the Linked Data approachesUnderstand the CoAP protocol for using REST in embedded systems

HARVESTING THE PEARLS: lessons of entrepreneurial and private practice success from one generation to the next Are you ready to blaze a new path in your career? Follow the tried-and-true example of Dr. Leonard Richardson. Dr. Richardson's groundbreaking personal journey through the medical field will arm you with the tools you will need to do the same in your life. Paired with an entrepreneurial spirit, these tools will fuel your success in any endeavor--from doctors and healthcare providers seeking a model for practicing independent medicine to the world's next generation of changers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. In Determined to Practice, Dr. Richardson shares with his readers the principle of merging one's legacy with the surrounding landscape and the spirit of entrepreneurship to achieve success. Within these pages, you will discover: - an alternative to corporate, industrialized medicine - tools for success in any endeavor, not only medicine - inspiration and empowerment for new professionals to aim high

The galaxy''s two multi-species superpowers stand on the brink of yet another pointless war. Soldiers, draft-dodgers, smugglers and spies from both sides are rushing towards Cedar Commons, an uninhabited forest planet near the border. Everyone has some plan for fighting, avoiding, or profiting from the conflict.None of these plans are going to work out: war destroys plans as efficiently as it does lives. But as the visitors to this once-quiet planet discover each other, they''ll make new friends, new enemies, and new plans that have a chance to end the war before it causes the collapse of several civilizations.