REST API Management

A collection of 5 posts
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 »
RESTful API Basic Guidelines

RESTful API Basic Guidelines

Your data model has started to stabilize and you're in a position to create a public API for your web app or your device. You realize it's hard to make significant changes to your API once it's released and want to get as much »
RESTFul API Versioning Insights

RESTFul API Versioning Insights

When it comes to API versioning there are so many best practices and insights but there is still not a rock solid best practice. In order to understand the Restful API versioning we first need to understand the problem. The Versioning Problem One shall not break your clients Changing your »
REST API vs SOAP Web Services Management

REST API vs SOAP Web Services Management

Back in the day Web Services were the de facto standard for accessing "systems of record". SOAP web services popularity grew because of an option to share data, access from any system and security options. This type of architecture grew out to be synonymous with enterprise architecture. More »