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How Scalability Planning Results Markedly Improves APIs
API University

Developers can often miss an important aspect of API development - scaling the API. To scale the API, you must look into offloading the administrative functions of multiple APIs in their apps. Scaling of the API at the design phase is crucial to the success of API adoption in the long run.

Analysis

Atoosa Rezai

API Design, API Strategy, Authentication

09-07-2018

Kong Announces Support for Service Mesh Deployments

Kong Inc., an API management platform, recently announced that its open source platform will support service mesh deployments. The new service mesh capabilities hope to enable Kong users to better manage increased East-West network traffic within their microservice-oriented architectures.

Announcement

ProgrammableWeb Staff

API Design

08-31-2018

What’s the Difference Between REST and Swagger?
API University

Upon seeing the headline to this article, API experts will likely scratch their heads wondering why the journal of the API economy (ProgrammableWeb) would indirectly suggest that REST and Swagger are comparable to the point that an article about their differences is warranted.

Analysis

David Berlind

API Design, API Strategy

08-06-2018

The Importance of Feedback Loops in API Design
API University

If you're going to provide an API that is both desirable and stable, you need to ensure that your initial API release is functional, reliable, and usable. A death knell for APIs is releasing constant breaking changes or updates that require app developers to rework their app.

How-To

ProgrammableWeb Staff

API Design

08-05-2018

Postman Teams Now Available to Users of the Free Postman App

Postman teams and collaboration features are now available to user of the free Postman app. These features were previously only available via Postman paid plans. The Postman 6.2 release also includes Sessions, a new feature that allows teams to set variables that are session-specific.

Brief

Janet Wagner

Testing, API Design

07-31-2018

Run and Test Postman Collections Directly from the Command Line with Newman
Postman Run Button

Newman by Postman is an open source tool that can be used to run and test Postman collections directly from the command line. Among the best ways to use this CLI tool are running Newman with a local JSON file, running Newman with the latest collection URL, and integrating with a CI/CD pipeline.

Brief

Janet Wagner

Testing, API Design

06-22-2018

How to Connect to an API with JavaScript
API University

Tania Rascia teaches you how to use JavaScript to make API calls in a simple way, without a server, dependencies, or build tools. The project outcome will show a grid with movies produced by Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation film studio based in Tokyo Japan.

How-To

Mayela Gonzalez

API Design

06-17-2018

Five Keys to Great Microservice Design
API University

When starting off with microservices, it's hard for teams to know what exactly constitutes a well-designed microservice. This article presents five keys of well-designed microservices, provides guidance for larger teams, and highlights pitfalls to avoid when determining service boundaries.

Analysis

Jake Lumetta

Microservices, API Design

06-06-2018

Create and Deploy Serverless APIs with StdLib’s Code.xyz Web-Based Code Editor

StdLib has announced the launch of Code.xyz, a web-based code editor for creating serverless APIs. Developers can choose to create a new API from scratch, or create a project based on an existing source (template) such as MessageBird SMS Hubs, Slack applications, and Stripe webhooks and backends.

News

Janet Wagner

API Design, API Management

05-31-2018

How to Use GenStage and WebSockets to Optimize Consumption of Rate-Limited APIs
API University

For certain kinds of tasks it can be tricky to get around API rate limits. A prime example would be implementing an incremental search with a third-party API. Ed Ellison over at the Mint Digital blog shows you how you can do it with a little help from GenStage and WebSockets.

How-To

Wendell Santos

API Design

05-20-2018

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How Scalability Planning Results Markedly Improves APIs
API University

Kong Announces Support for Service Mesh Deployments

What’s the Difference Between REST and Swagger?
API University

The Importance of Feedback Loops in API Design
API University

Postman Teams Now Available to Users of the Free Postman App

Run and Test Postman Collections Directly from the Command Line with Newman
Postman Run Button

How to Connect to an API with JavaScript
API University

Five Keys to Great Microservice Design
API University

Create and Deploy Serverless APIs with StdLib’s Code.xyz Web-Based Code Editor

How to Use GenStage and WebSockets to Optimize Consumption of Rate-Limited APIs
API University