API Development Platform

A collection of 6 posts
Creating a Release Pipeline for Deploying Node App to Azure

Creating a Release Pipeline for Deploying Node App to Azure

So you've decided that you want to deploy a NodeJS application on Azure Web App, but all of the official (and well documented) guides use GitHub/Bitbucket/FTP it seems like no one uses Azure DevOps (previously VSTS), or is it? Here is a small overview of Azure »
REST APIs: From Idea to Release

REST APIs: From Idea to Release

We often think of API definition as beginning with the description file, most of us are using swagger or OpenApi. The challenge with this approach is that API producers often get into the weeds on resource names and methods before actually determining what the API capabilities need to be. When »
The World of REST APIs

The World of REST APIs

A new breed of web API has emerged, delivering a vision of a lightweight, low-cost approach to connect devices and allowing applications to exchange data efficiently. First let's check the history for APIs, then the usages today and see how are REST APIs are different and think about »
Internal vs External APIs

Internal vs External APIs

In our cloud era, the increase in mobile and the need of massive internal/external adoption of services, REST-based APIs have replaced SOAP Web services. REST APIs are HTTP based, lighter, easier to understand and integrate, and therefore, have become the de facto standard for creating enterprise APIs (read about »
An API-First Development Approach

An API-First Development Approach

Regardless of the type of application you’re developing, chances are if you’re developing it for the cloud, then your ultimate goal is to have that application be a participant in an ecosystem of services. In that case I would take a look at the concept of API first. »
A Need For REST APIs and API Development Management

A Need For REST APIs and API Development Management

The History Of Web Services There is a long and rich history of using web services to communicate between applications and systems throughout the Internet. Even before there was an Internet or World Wide Web there was machine communication. For almost 40 years, companies have had a standard for communicating »