Rich hypermedia web services with Spring HATEOAS and the Affordances API

HATEOAS has long been a prerequisite of REST that hasn't shown its benefits clearly and understandably, so most developers avoided implementing it. The problem is, we haven't seen an interesting practical implementation, until now! After spending the last two years in development, the Spring HATEOAS team has released a build of the Affordances API. The API implements resources with actions and shows how HATEOAS can truly decouple evolving web services from the frontend. Join me to explore this exciting new API and see for yourself that HATEOAS isn't just a REST purists buzzword.