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Re: [Jersey] Jersey's (experimental) approach to support hypermedia constraint

From: Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971_at_mac.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:26:35 +0100

On Feb 10, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:

>> (But then, I find the whole aproach to hypermedia confusing (sorry)).
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> I think in essence hypermedia is very elegant and once grasped surprisingly simple, but gosh it can take time to get your brain thinking the right way about it, well it did for me :-)


:-) I meant that I find the *Jersey approach* confusing!

My hypermedia epiphany was back in 2003 after starring at Mark Baker's RDF forms[1] for hours until it finally made 'click' and I saw how brilliant the idea of hypermedia as the engine of application state is.

Jan

[1] http://www.markbaker.ca/2003/05/RDF-Forms/

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