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...
Feb
15,
2021
API gateway or just a service mesh tool?
Large software systems usually do not exist alone and often have many partner systems calling its APIs. The number of partner systems can quickly reach double digits. The smaller the services are cut, which currently tends to happen in projects, the higher the number of partner systems that must be...
Jan
27,
2021
When the client specifies the API
How do I actually test the interaction in my microservices landscape? How do I make sure that the right version of a service is deployed on the right stage? How do I keep an eye on the dependencies of my microservices? And how do I ensure that all clients continue...
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.
Jun
9,
2020
X-Road – The Free and Open Source Data Exchange Layer
X-Road is an open source data exchange layer solution that enables organizations to exchange information over the Internet. X-Road is a centrally managed distributed data exchange layer between information systems that provides a standardized and secure way to produce and consume services. X-Road ensures confidentiality, integrity and interoperability between data...
May
4,
2020
Develop gRPC services with Go
When most people think of APIs for microservices, they think of HTTP-based, RESTful Web Services first. The REST paradigm is the predominant one when it comes to services publicly available on the Internet that many development teams deal with. It also fits quite well if the problem can be traced...
Mar
12,
2020
Session video: Call for a better Error Handling in APIs
In this API Conference 2019 session recording, André Cedik explains why it's important to find a common way to communicate cases that can’t be defined as a clear error.
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...