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5 Differences Between REST & SOAP
REST and SOAP are different ways of transmitting data between two different systems via an API. REST is a set of architectural principles. SOAP is a protocol maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium.
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Is SOAP dead?
SOAP and XML based Web Services aren’t dead yet. I don’t think they will be for quite a while because they are very common in large enterprises (government, banks, telecommunications, etc).
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Designing APIs by Contract
Designing by software is a contract – like a legal or business contract. When we design software by contract it means we are designing against a specific specification for each software component.
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API Style Choices
APIs come in many different styles and types. Before running into a style we need to understand the different options and the trade offs that we are making.
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Understanding the Different Salesforce APIs
Reasons to Integrate Salesforce is part of the blog post series: Integrating Salesforce With Other Apps – A Series! Salesforce has a few different types of APIs that they support that can be used for many different purposes.For example, there’s an API called the Tooling API which is useful for manipulating apex, running tests, or etc.
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Updating Salesforce Records Using JavaScript
Over the last few years, Salesforce has made some really significant changes that allow JavaScript to increasingly be used. By using Salesforce’s AJAX toolkit it’s possible to do an incredible amount of customization to a standard Salesforce Page Layout without ever having to write any apex.