What is the best method for consuming REST services which are locally deployed? I am specifically having issues with utilizing HTTPS for iOS. When calling the web service from iOS (the iPhoneSimlator), I receive a "TrustFailure" web exception. I think this is because the certificate used is self-signed (it's not secure because I am using my internal IP address and the certificate is issued for localhost) when using IIS Express. Does this mean I need to "publish" my API to IIS (or Azure) and use a valid certificate in order to consume the service? This seems like a lot of work for development, especially since I am creating the REST service and mobile application at the same time.
My development environment is:
I have reviewed this and this, but neither really touch on this issue. Any advice on a streamlined workflow would be much appreciated.