WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Aug 28, 2020

API Design - Getting Started

Alen Pokos

Stop reinventing data conventions. Treat your API as a stateless enabler. Learn how standardized JSON frameworks build resilient, maintainable backend ecosystems.

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Summarizing key engineering lessons for platform API development

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Designing outstanding APIs with simplicity, safety, and evolvability

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Anto · World Congress 2024

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Designing use-case driven APIs and consolidating broad endpoints

Pratim Bhosale

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Evaluating benefits and drawbacks of common API formats

Alexis Yushin

Alexis Yushin · World Congress 2024

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Establishing a concrete vision for REST API development

Wekoslav Stefanovski

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Standardizing design rules using the API Stylebook

Michael Jaeger

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