# REST API Resources

## RESTful Best Practices

Get the Pearson eCollege RESTful Best Practices guide (choose your format). This guide reduces the world of RESTful services into easy-to-follow principles. It also provides several cookbook type recipes in critical areas to increase service usability, reduce confusion during implemenation, as well as improve consistency.

- PDF (~306KB)
- ePub (~46KB). Works on iPad, iPhone, B&N Nook and most other readers.
- Mobi (~86KB). Works on Kindle, Kindle Reader Apps
- Source Document in Libre/Open Office format (~48KB)

## REST Services in Java

RestExpress (GitHub). Create fast, scalable, stand-alone RESTful Web services in Java quickly.

## Web Resources

- REST API Tutorial YouTube Channel
- Todd Fredrich's API Blog