What is REST Web Services?

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for designing networked applications. It relies on a stateless, client-server communication protocol, typically HTTP. RESTful web services expose resources (data) via URIs and allow clients to interact with those resources using standard HTTP methods like GET (retrieve), POST (create), PUT (update), and DELETE (remove). It's commonly used for building APIs due to its simplicity and scalability.