I have over 8 years experience creating scale-able and high transaction HTTP Rest web services. Using either the Microsoft Web API or Node.js I have created strict Rest designs which adhere to proper HTTP resource and HAL design. Whether your web service needs to be consumed by a javascript client such as JQuery or Angularjs or by another server side consumer, the proper authorization and model design is required. I have used HTTP Rest Web Services across various technology tasks such as an eCommerce check out process and applying for grants or abstract submissions.