In this talk recorded at REST Fest 2015 in Greenville, SC, Mike Amundsen of the API Academy discusses how to create client applications that can adapt to change as the APIs they rely on continue to evolve.
Category: For API Developers
API Design 101: API Design Basics
The term “API design” or “API architecture” refers to the process of developing a software interface that exposes backend data and application functionality for use in new applications. In this lesson, we provide an overview of the API architecture process, as a starting point for a deeper exploration of design and implementation best practices in…
API Design 102: The Developer Experience
One of the key principles of good API design is that an interface must provide a seamless and user-friendly developer experience (DX) if it is to facilitate the creation of applications that add value to the API owner’s business. In this lesson, we explain the importance of a focus on DX and provide an overview…
API360: It’s Not Open Data Unless It’s Usable Data
In this video, recorded at the February 2015 API360 Summit in Dallas, Texas, Mike Amundsen discusses the true value of data, explains why usability is crucial to the success of open API programs and explores ways API providers can make their data usable to developers.
API Design Tutorial: The Interaction Model
API design can be daunting. With so many decisions to make and so many differing opinions available on interface design, it’s easy to feel frustrated by the process. Even worse, it’s possible to follow bad advice and end up designing an API that developers hate using. That’s why we at the API Academy stress the importance of…
The Art of Effective API Design
This presentation was recorded at the 2014 Nordic APIs Platform Summit in Stockholm. It is known that an API designer’s goal has evolved to a more developer-centric model. However, the design process has evolved at a slower pace, often resulting in an interface that under-delivers on the initial usability goal. Is there an opportunity to…
TechTalk: Open APIs featuring API Evanelist Kin Lane
This was an live Q&A with API evangelist Kin Lane where he took questions live on API Management and Open APIs
TechTalk: Enterprise Mobility – APIs, Apps, and Mobile Strategy
With employee demands for anywhere access to information and the rise of the mobile device in driving new consumer experiences, it’s more important than ever to have a solid enterprise mobility strategy. We discussed the key elements which are making today’s enterprise mobility programs successful with Layer7 mobile experts SVP and Distinguished Engineer Scott Morrison…
TechTalk: Avoiding Data Silos Using Linked APIs
Practical problems that software architects on modern product teams face increasingly go far beyond the familiar. Case in point: “Big Data” doesn’t just mean petabytes of data or a data-set that doesn’t fit in a single large RDBMS, anymore. A “distributed system” doesn’t just mean a clever multi-tier architecture or even an AWS deployment happily…
TechTalk: Mobile World Congress 2014 Panel Discussion on Top Trends
Live panel of mobile and API experts discussing major trends and developments coming out of Mobile World Congress 2014.