What is Representational State Transfer, or REST, and how would you use it when developing a front end for a website?
As a front-end developer, you likely use several different technologies to create your websites. However, you may not use every single technique the interviewer will ask you about. If you're familiar with the technique, answer the interviewer's question as best you can. If not, readily admit this, and then describe to the interviewer how you would locate information about the technology and possibly incorporate it into your work.
"REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It is a software architectural style that guides the designs of a website and defines a set of standards to create web services or APIs. Some of the items addressed by REST include the scalability of the site, how the components of the website interact with each other, creating uniform interfaces, deploying the components of the website independently, and caching components to reduce their latency. Another benefit of using REST is that it enforces strict security measures and can encapsulate legacy systems."
