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API Management

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Blog Posts

API Management

Why you should build a developer portal

One of the key strategies enterprises are implementing as part of their digital transformation efforts is making sure that APIs are discoverable across the organization.
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Why is API management so important?

Organisations now see the value of APIs and have become a critical element in their business strategies as they move forward on their digital transformation efforts.
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Microservices

Why APIs, service discovery, and registry are crucial for your microservices architecture

Learn why APIs, service discovery, and registry are essential for your microservices architecture. Increase flexibility, scalability, and fault tolerance.
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What role does API governance play in digital transformation?

API governance doesn’t have to hinder innovation. In fact, Capital One’s Matthew Reinbold says it could even improve digital transformation strategies and implementation in an organization.
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API Development

What is the API Economy & why it matters to your business

When a single organisation unlocks its’ proprietary systems, processes and/or data by publishing an API it creates value, and potentially a revenue stream.
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Using query parameters and headers in REST API design

Learn benefits, examples & considerations of using query parameters & headers in REST API design. Improve functionality, security & performance.
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Using error codes to improve API user experience: best practices and advanced techniques

Learn how error codes can enhance API user experience. Best practices and advanced techniques for improving troubleshooting. Common error codes explained.
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Using caching strategies to improve API performance

Learn how to use caching strategies to improve API performance and speed up your applications. This guide covers the different types of caching (client-side and server-side), their benefits, and techniques, including HTTP cache headers, local storage, database caching, in-memory caching, and more.
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Unleashing the power of RESTful APIs: a deep dive into OpenAPI and Swagger

Unleash the power of RESTful APIs with OpenAPI and Swagger. Learn about the history, benefits, and how to get started using this specification to document and interact with APIs. Standardize, document, test, and generate code with OpenAPI and Swagger, language independently.
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Podcast Episodes

What’s wrong with SOLID and Test Driven Development with Daniel Terhorst-North

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While SOLID is the known standard when it comes to software design and architecture, it may be hard to apply for some as it limits developers to specific techniques in going about it. In this episode, Daniel Terhorst-North, originator of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)and Deliberate Discovery, presents his arguments on why SOLID isn't exactly the best bet when if comes to design principles, offering an alternative that can help against the misapplications of various agile practices.

API product management with Deepa Goyal

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How does one go about managing API products in an organisation? Why is it important that we view APIs as products and practice product thinking? Postman’s Product Strategy Leader Deep Goyal answers as she joins us in this round of cocktails. She also shares with us her experience and expertise during the course of her career as a former API Product Manager for Twilio and Paypal and tells us how evolving one important API metric can generate better revenues for an organisation.

Exploring the API Landscape in 2022 with Mehdi Medjaoui

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The API industry is rapidly evolving, and so are the trends that impact its landscape as well. In this episode, ALIAS co-founder and APIDays founder Mehdi Medjaoui returns and talks to us about the “API Industry Landscape 2022” report. He shares his findings on the trends that drive the growth of APIs and API tool providers and companies, the impacts of regulation, and what the future holds for the industry.

Enabling GDPR compliance through APIs with Mehdi Medjaoui

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What exactly does GDPR mean for businesses and API developers? In this episode, we talk about the important concepts on GDPR and how APIs can help organisations with compliance. We are joined by the APIDays Conference founder and ALIAS co-founder Mehdi Medjaoui, who also discusses the API-as-a-product mindset and some of the most popular API styles today.

Designing APIs with Swagger and OpenAPI with Joshua S. Ponelat and Lukas L. Rosenstock

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What makes OpenAPI today’s standard when it comes to designing APIs? This episode, we tackle the advantages of using the OpenAPI description format and its proper applications when designing APIs. SmartBear senior architect Joshua Ponelat and API consultant Lucas Rosenstock, co-authors of “Designing APIs with Swagger and OpenAPI,” give us a closer look at the specification and tooling that has become the standard choice today and share some tips in building well-designed APIs .

Testing Web APIs with Mark Winteringham

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In this episode, we take a look at the importance of testing and a good test strategy model when developing software and APIs. We are joined by Ministry of Testing's OpsBoss and author of Testing of Web APIs Mark Winteringham, who tells us why he advocates for API testing even before a line of code is written. He also talks about how testing helps control risk and quality during the development lifecycle, and how it can help bring IT teams and stakeholders together on the same page.

The State of the API in 2021 with Matthew Reinbold

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How did APIs become instrumental to driving digital transformation in 2021? In this episode, Postman's Director for API Platform Ecosystems and Digital Transformation Matthew Reinbold returns to talk to us about their findings in The 2021 State of API report, and how APIs have become essential in allowing businesses to adapt to massive change. We also learn how IT teams are approaching API development, how to become a high-performing API company, and some tips to get the competitive edge against slow-adaptors.

How technology is driving Open Banking in Canada with Eric Broda

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In this episode, we talk to Eric Broda, an Executive Consultant for Open Banking, where he educates us on how Open Banking is currently being explored in Canada and the opportunities it can create in the banking industry, potentially paving the way towards digital transformation.

Exploring the Agile Idea with Zigurd Mednieks

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In this episode, author of The Agile Idea Zigurd Mednieks joins us and discusses the important concepts in the Agile methodology and the approach organisations should take towards it. He also lets us in on how some tech giants apply agile in their management and how it helps facilitate digital transformation.

Rethinking how organisations approach digital transformation with Michael Krigsman

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In this round of Cocktails, industry analyst and CXOTalk host Michael Krigsman shares some stories from experts and leaders in the tech space as they take on their digital transformation initiatives. He also discusses how organisations rethink business strategies as they navigate their own transformation initiatives -- and how customers and stakeholders play a crucial role during the journey.