Dec
5,
2022
API Contract Definitions – Different Ways of Specifying API Contracts: Contract first, implementation first, OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC
When running one or multiple services, it is essential that they have reliable service contracts defining their exposed APIs. Those contracts mostly consist of declarative interface definitions, which strongly define and type the API exposed by the respective service. As such, it is crucial that the code making up the...
Apr
9,
2021
Introduction to RESTful API Design
More than twenty years after its "invention" by Roy Fielding, RESTful API design is more relevant than ever. No matter if it’s in the environment of microservices or opening up systems previously only used internally - REST is everywhere you look! But what exactly is REST? Just because a JSON...
Jan
5,
2021
Web Components API: Don’t make it so hard on yourself!
The enterprise world is characterized by web-based form applications. If you then consider using the same UI components multiple times in different applications, the use of framework-agnostic Web Components as a technical foundation is obvious. Web Components enable easy reuse and integration, but there are also a few stumbling blocks...
Sep
18,
2020
The demand for realtime APIs
Looking to 2020 and beyond, the proportion of data produced and consumed in realtime is growing exponentially.
Aug
18,
2020
Shopware 6 and the new API-First Approach
In this article on the Shopware 6 e-commerce platform, we look at the technical changes in the new version and the new API First approach.
Mar
3,
2020
APIs have Properties – how to find and test them!
Most approaches to testing test individual examples. This is often not enough to tease out rare but realistic edge cases. As a result, it takes a large number of individual tests to really be confident that our API is ready for deployment: This is a lot of work. What if...
Feb
25,
2020
Session video: Why you should use OpenAPI for your API design
In this API Conference 2019 session recording by Nick Van Hoof, he explains why you should practise API First development and how OpenAPI can make your life easier in a serverless world.
