Creating a well-rounded API program requires coordination between stakeholders with different frames of reference The API Academy is committed to promoting a 360-degree approach to APIs – one that encompasses business strategy, interface design and long-term management. This approach doesn’t simply reflect the interests of the Academy’s experts or the range of services they offer. The fact […]
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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 […]
Open Data Panel – API360 Washington, DC
This panel discussion (recorded in September 2014 at the API360 Summit in Washington, DC) is moderated by Kin Lane of API Evangelist. The discussion explores the value open data has for organizations in a variety of fields, across the public and private sectors.
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 […]
The Internet of Things – Today
A quick intro: I work in product marketing for CA and I was recently elected to write a regular blog about the business of APIs. I’ve been around the block over the years – a coder, an engineer… I even wrote a BBS once upon a time (yes, I’m pre-Web, truly a dinosaur – roar!) But now […]
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.
API360: Do Developers Dream of Electric Sheep?
In this video, shot at the Dallas API360 Summit in February 2015, Ronnie Mitra – Director of API Design at the API Academy – discusses the importance of designing APIs with the real needs of client app developers in mind. If you want your APIs to enable the creation of apps that add true value to your business, you […]