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Welcome to the first post of our newly launched blog series focused on Amazon’s onboarding experience. Today, I want to explore the dynamics of the internet, our trajectory moving forward, and how Amazon Web Services (AWS) integrates into this landscape. As always, feel free to share these insights on your own platforms.
The internet is a vibrant tapestry of concepts, designed for constant accessibility, made user-friendly through HTTP (the foundation of the World Wide Web). These features create a powerful ecosystem capable of evolving at the pace of innovation.
For many years, HTTP appeared to reach its peak as the go-to protocol for distributing web pages, showcasing its scalability and user-friendliness. However, this ubiquity is now propelling HTTP into its next phase of evolution, often referred to as “Web 2.0.”
HTTP is straightforward, comprising a handful of verbs and an extensive array of nouns (known as URIs, the formal term for the URLs you typically use). We engage with HTTP daily; it has become so ingrained in our lives that we often overlook it—even when our young children can effortlessly navigate to their favorite websites.
This simplicity, however, masks a tremendous capability: each time you enter a URL in your browser, you receive data from a server, along with an indication of the state of the resource at that URL. For instance, entering www.amazon.com fetches the latest page from Amazon.com. The content displayed represents the state of that remote server, bridging the gap between it and you.
Essentially, this serves as the foundational programming model of the web. It is effective, scalable, and user-friendly—a hallmark of REST, which stands for REpresentational State Transfer. This programming model leverages HTTP verbs alongside URIs to access information about the status of a service on a remote server. In simple terms, if you can type a URL, you can utilize REST.
To learn more about REST at Amazon, check out this excellent resource: Amazon REST. Additionally, even popular search engines like A9 leverage REST to standardize their searches; take a look at their open search feature here.
Next week, I’ll delve into the relationship between Web Services and REST. If you’re looking for insights on career growth, don’t miss this blog post which highlights strategic moves for advancement. Moreover, it’s crucial to recognize that workers today increasingly expect employers to embrace diversity, including hiring individuals with prior convictions, as noted by SHRM.
Stay tuned!
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