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How the USDS is Modernizing Medicare’s 50 Year Old Payment System
API University CMS Quality Payment SubmissionsBlue Button

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently faced with the reality that their legacy system, one that processes 4% of the US GDP, needed to be modernized for a number of reasons. This is the story of what USDS is doing to address the situation and keep a mission critical system online.

Case Study

Wendell Santos

Healthcare, API Strategy, Government

11-13-2018

The Blockchain Train Is Leaving The Station. Should You Be On Board?
API University

Few trends exemplify the idea of FOMO the way blockchain trends do. But should you invest your time or money into it? This article offers some ways that you can get started with blockchain so that you can be aware of a rapidly growing and evolving market and make the best decision for yourself.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

11-02-2018

How to Make a Heatmap with Mapbox GL JS
API University Mapbox

This tutorial will show you how to make a heatmap using Mapbox GL JS. Heatmaps can be used to display a large amounts of points in a visually engaging way for your audience. Here we refer to heatmaps as a visualization that is useful for showing the density of points over an area.

How-To

ProgrammableWeb Staff

Mapping, Environment

11-01-2018

HyperLedger is a Platform-Agnostic Toolset For Building Blockchain Apps
API University

While often perceived as competitive to Ethereum, HyperLedger operates on a different wavelength. Hyperledger provides a set of agnostic tools for developers who are building blockchain apps, regardless of the core blockchain layer. Therefore it is a suite of the tools mentioned in this article.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-30-2018

How to Build a Store Locator Using Mapbox GL JS
API University Mapbox

This guide will walk you through how to create a store locator map using Mapbox GL JS. You'll be able to browse all of the locations from a sidebar and select a specific store to view more information. It takes a deep dive into JavaScript with Mapbox GL JS to build an interactive web map.

How-To

ProgrammableWeb Staff

Mapping

10-27-2018

Stitch Avoids the End of API Economy as We Know It
API University

Taking advantage of APIs is a quick and inexpensive technique for a business so long as those APIs are available and remain constant. Changes happen to APIs all the time and this is the story of Stitch, a company that found a way to succeed, despite the uncertainties inherent to the API economy.

Analysis

Bob Reselman

API Strategy, Business

10-26-2018

How to Build a Secure API Strategy for the API Economy
API University

APIs, via B2B partnerships and B2C applications, can increase a company’s reach and make digital assets and services available to broader audiences. There are dangers posed by the adoption of insecure APIs in the enterprise. Hence, businesses need a strategy for building and operating secure APIs.

Analysis

Setu Kulkarni

Security, API Strategy

10-25-2018

How to Switch from Google Maps to Mapbox
API University Mapbox

For Google Maps users looking for an alternative, this guide will walk you through making the switch to Mapbox. You will be shown how to use Mapbox GL JS, a web mapping JavaScript library, to create a web map, add a marker, and attach a popup using similar methods as the Google Maps JavaScript API.

How-To

ProgrammableWeb Staff

Mapping

10-25-2018

Remember This Word: Blockchain
API University

This is the beginning of ProgrammableWeb's series on Cryptocurrency and why it matters to developers. In this article we present an overview of the ecosystem including a brief overview of blockchain, Ethereum and more as well as some of the common API types you can expect to see.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-22-2018

Why You Should or Should Not Use GraphQL
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Shopify GraphQL Admin

GraphQL, the open source technology originally backed by Facebook has continued to gain momentum since its release in 2015 and with its hype it’s easy to think that GraphQL is the way to go when developing your next API. As with any technology though, it has its strengths and weaknesses.

On the Web

Wendell Santos

API Design

10-21-2018

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