Get to grips with the specifics of deploying an API gateway in a microservice architecture In Lesson 304: API Design for Microservices, we describe the essential role APIs play in microservice architectures. In Lesson 101: API Management Basics, we explain why an API gateway is essential to ensuring API security, usability, scalability and reliability. Here, we focus on…
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API360 Microservices Summit: The Automated Monolith
In this talk from the API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, Holger Reinhardt of Haufe Group tells the story of his company’s journey toward a microservice architecture, including the prerequisites they needed to include along the way.
API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices Implementation Lessons
This panel discussion from the API Academy’s API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, shares insights on effective practices for implementing and benefiting from a microservice architecture. The panelists are Erich Ess (Jet.com), Sangeeta Narayanan (Netflix), Cassandra Shum (Thoughtworks) and Adrian Trenaman (HBC Digital). The moderator is Lou Powell of Vanick Digital.
API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices/Anti-Patterns
In this talk from the API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, Vijay Alagarasan of Asurion explores lessons learned and anti-patterns to avoid when implementing microservices.
API360 Microservices Summit: Fostering Innovation
Mike Amundsen’s talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 explores the cultural elements that have contributed to the most successful microservices implementations.
API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices & the Web
Erik Wilde’s talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 shows what the World Wide Web and Web technologies can teach us about microservices and microservice architecture.
API Design 304: API Design for Microservices
Learn some best practices for designing APIs that will function optimally in microservice architectures Microservice architecture is helping an increasing number of organizations to minimize the time required for software application projects and to maximize the reliability of backend systems. In this lesson, we explain why APIs are essential to microservices and provide some best practices…
API360 Microservices Summit: Welcome & Introduction
Matt McLarty’s introductory talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 compares the field of software engineering to the transportation industry at the start of the 20th century, likening microservices and Docker to the introduction of the automobile and the assembly line, respectively.
API360 Microservices Summit: One-to-One with Mel Conway & Mike Amundsen
In this chat with Mike Amundsen of the API Academy―recorded at the API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016―noted educator and inventor Mel Conway discusses his long career spent humanizing the craft of software development.
API360 Microservices Summit: Surviving Partial Failure
In this talk recorded at the API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, Jon Moore of Comcast examines techniques that can be used when dealing with partial system failures in a complex microservices environment.