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What Are APIs and How Do They Work?
Intro:
APIs Are Like User Interfaces--Just With Different Users in Mind
Part 1:
What is an API, Exactly?
Part 2:
What are the Benefits of APIs?
Part 3:
How Web and Browser APIs Fuel The API Economy
Part 4:
How the API Principles of Abstraction Benefit API Providers
Part 5:
Why Did They Put the Web in Web APIs?
Conclusion:
The API Economy Delivers Limitless Possibilities
8 Real World API Strategies and The Keys To Their Success
Intro:
What Successful API Strategies Have In Common: The 3 "Blooms of Growth"
Part 1:
How SDKs and Community Drove Contentful's 2000% Growth In Two Years
Part 2:
How Edmunds API Program Thrives On Its Marketplace and Developer Earnings
Part 3:
Why Philips Targets Enterprise, Commercial, and Hobbyist Developers Separately
Part 4:
Comprehensive Platform Support Including Ruby and .NET Drive Podio's API Success
Part 5:
Non-Developer Offerings and Analytics Help Drive SimilarWeb's API Success
Part 6:
How Verticalization and Hyperlocalization Contribute To TransportAPI's Growth
Part 7:
How Walgreens' API Program Leverages Seasonality And Revenue Sharing
Part 8:
How Pivoting Towards Platform Providers Transformed WePay's API Business
Conclusion:
The Keys To Successful Real World API Strategies
Maximizing the ROI on Your API
Part 1:
Making API Decisions: Are You Connecting Business and Technical Interests?
Part 2:
Dixons Carphone Shows How to Link Technology and Service
Part 3:
How To Get the Team and Support in Place for Your API Strategy
Part 4:
What Data and Services Should Your API Expose First?
Part 5:
How To Pick the Best Business Models for Your APIs
Part 6:
Why Ziggeo Had to Pivot to a New API Business Model
Part 7:
Why To Treat and Manage Your APIs as Products
Part 8:
How Dun & Bradstreet Product Manages Their API
Part 9:
How to Choose Architectural Styles and Specification Formats For Your APIs
Part 10:
How to Pick the Right Technology Stack to Provision Your API
Part 11:
Understanding What it Takes to Secure Your API
Part 12:
Best Practices and Tools for Documenting APIs
Part 13:
How to Build Great API Developer Communities
Part 14:
The ABCs of Building API Developer Portals
Part 15:
Gauging API Success: Knowing What Metrics to Measure
Part 16:
Learn How Intercom Grew Its Developer Program with APIs
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Understanding The Realities of API Security
Intro:
APIs are Critical to the Internet but Frequently Targeted for Attack
Part 1:
How Does The External Availability of APIs Impact Their Security?
Part 2:
Do You Publish API Docs Online for Availability to Third Party Developers?
Part 3:
How Do You Determine Who Gets Access to Your API?
Part 4:
Must API Developers Be Certified for Privacy or Security Standards by Your Organization?
Part 5:
Are There API Terms of Use With Specific Language for Privacy and Security?
Part 6:
How Many Production Deployments Exist of APIs and Third Party Apps?
Part 7:
What Are the Perceived and Actual Security Concerns for APIs?
Part 8:
How Can API Risks and Vulnerabilities Be Mitigated?
Part 9:
Could Third Party Certification Authorities Play a Role in API Security?
Conclusion:
API Security is Easier Said Than Done
How To Build a Strong Developer Community
Part 1:
Understanding The Four Key Areas Of Developer Marketing
Part 2:
Why Getting to Know Your Developer Audience Is Key to API Marketing Success
Part 3:
How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Developer Program
Part 4:
7 Steps to Successful Developer Onboarding
Part 5:
6 Criteria for Determining Whether an API Event Is ‘Worth It’
Part 6:
How to Align Your API Messaging with the Needs of Developer Decision Makers
How To Nail Three Subtle Keys To API Greatness
Part 1:
Why Your API's End-Usage Context Matters To Great Developer Experiences
Part 2:
Why Your API's End-Usage Context Matters To Great API Design
Part 3:
How the Right Technical Writer Can Take API Docs from Good to Great
Understanding API First Design
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Introduction to API-First Design
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The Emergence of API-First Development
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Why You Should Use an API First Design Strategy
Part 4:
Why API-First Design Isn’t Just for Startups
Part 5:
How API First Design Could Have Avoided These Failures
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MuleSoft CTO Touts Advantages of API-First Design
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Does Open Data Demand an API-first Approach?
Part 8:
Why The UK's Government Data Service Takes an API-First Approach To Data.Gov.UK
Part 9:
How To Design Great APIs With API-First Design
How The Green Button Initiative Secured Its APIs With OAuth
Intro:
Understanding the Green Button API Initiative and Why It Matters
Part 1:
Getting To Know The Primary Use Cases of The Green Button API initiative
Part 2:
Understanding The Requirements and Standards Behind The Green Button API Initiative
Part 3:
How Green Button Ingeniously Extended The OAuth Standard Without Forking It
Part 4:
How The Green Button API Initiative Takes Advantage of OAuth's Scope Parameter
Part 5:
How Green Button Made The "Pull-Only" OAuth Standard Support Push APIs Too
Conclusion:
How Can Other API Implementations Benefit From Green Button's OAuth Inventions?
How to Add Postcode-Based Proximity Search With Open Data
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How to Geocode a Dataset With Open Data
Part 2:
How to Geocode Data for Location-Friendly Applications
Part 3:
How to Geocode User Input Postcodes
Part 4:
How to Build Proximity Search into Your Application
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How To Bring Together the Elements of Your Proximity-Search Application
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