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Why the Push/Streaming API Architectural Style is More Prominent Than Ever
API University

Today the conditions are more favorable than ever for organizations to consider implementing event-driven non-polling based data retrieval patterns in their APIs. This series aims to help you to better understand your options when it comes to push/streaming API architectural styles.

Analysis

David Berlind

Streaming

12-19-2017

How Meltwater Used RSpec to Test Its NGINX API Gateway
API University Meltwater

An API Gateway is a design pattern often used in microservice architecture to provide a single access point to the underlying system. In this article, Mateusz Korszun from Meltwater explains why it's crucial to have meaningful tests for their API gateway. He also shows you the test setup their use.

How-To

Mateusz Korszun

Testing

12-18-2017

When Push and Streaming APIs Are Just Too Hard To Do, Outsource Them
API University

The previous parts of this series helped you become familiar with various kinds of push technologies. Sometimes you will want to build your own push API from scratch. Other times that isn't the case and this article helps familiarize you with some of the turnkey push API infrastructure providers.

Analysis

John Mueller

Streaming, API Strategy

12-14-2017

Why You Should Test Your APIs and Test Them Often
API University

A good API is the secret to being able to test earlier, which means finding problems earlier in the software process. Perhaps earlier enough to prevent the delays, certainly earlier enough to save time. If you want to test earlier and be more effective, this is the place to start.

Analysis

Justin Rohrman

Testing, API Education

12-12-2017

Getting Started With API Test Planning and Design
API University

The best workflows direct customers through business processes, guiding them along each step they need to take to reach their goals. They also give developers good starting points for testing. But how can API testing workflows help teams figure out where to start, and know when they're done?

Analysis

Justin Rohrman

Testing, API Design, API Education

12-12-2017

Know Your Tool Options for API Testing and Monitoring
API University

Many software testers get by with a small toolset but testing an API requires expanding on that. New tools emerge and others go out of fashion every day, but at least we can make a list of what is relevant right now. Here are some suggestions to help your process of choosing an API testing tool.

Review

Justin Rohrman

Testing, API Management, Monitoring

12-12-2017

What's Next in API Testing
API University

This is the final part of our API Testing series. In this article we will talk about what's coming up in the near future that will change how we test and deliver new APIs. Included are looks at the possible effects of newer architectural styles such as GraphQL and gRPC, and new tooling.

Analysis

Justin Rohrman

Testing, API Design, API Education

12-12-2017

Understanding the Less Popular Push/Streaming Protocols (XMPP, CoAP, MQTT, etc.)
API University

Even though Webhooks, PubSubHubbub, and WebSockets are really popular, they aren't the only options at your disposal. This part of the series provides overviews of a number of other push alternatives that you might find helpful for meeting the needs of your particular application.

Analysis

John Mueller

API Design, Streaming

12-11-2017

Using API Science to Monitor The Pulse of Your Own APIs and the Ones You Call
API University

This part of the API Testing Series looks at API Science, an API monitoring and reporting tool that's set up in an environment to collect information and alert users when something happens. Rather than being a tool for users to interact with an API directly, API Science allows them to observe.

Review

Justin Rohrman

Monitoring, Reporting, Testing

11-24-2017

How to Run Functional API Tests with SmartBear Ready API
API University SmartBear Ready

This installment of the API Testing series will focus on using SmartBear's Ready API testing solution to test an API. With it you can do load testing, security testing, and service virtualization. If you follow these steps, you'll create an actual API test suite running against the Trello API.

Review

Justin Rohrman

Testing

10-18-2017

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