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Banking on Speed, Ripple Makes a Name For Itself Among Cryptocurrency Developers
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Ripple provides blockchain payment technologies for banks, giving them more reliability, cost efficiency, and speed (transaction completion and recognition) that are infamous challenges within the banking industry. Its solutions enable banks to handle inter-bank transactions, liquidity and payments.

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Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Payments

09-28-2018

Why Ethereum is the Java of Blockchain
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Some popular cryptocurrencies serve purposes other than use as a currency, with some acting like a liquid startup equity. This article looks at Ether, the cryptocurrency used by Ethereum, which is meant to be used more as a full-blown cryptocurrency stack and developer platform. Figure 1.

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Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

08-30-2018

It's the End of the API Economy As We Know It
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Relying upon third-party public APIs to do business has always been a risky business. Historically, some APIs have changed or disappeared altogether. But now, the API economy has entered a phase where relying on such APIs (or even publishing them) could be perilous. Maybe it's time for a rethink.

Analysis

Bob Reselman

API Strategy

07-05-2018

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

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Mateusz Korszun

Testing

12-18-2017

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

Bob Reselman

Streaming, API Strategy

12-14-2017

Why You Should Test Your APIs and Test Them Often
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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
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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
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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.

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Justin Rohrman

Testing, API Management, Monitoring

12-12-2017

What's Next in API Testing
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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

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