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Design and Build Great Web APIs

Design and Build Great Web APIs

The course is organized into four parts: Getting Started, The Design Phase, The Build Phase, and The Release Phase.

Intermediate

113 Lessons

28h

Certificate of Completion

The course is organized into four parts: Getting Started, The Design Phase, The Build Phase, and The Release Phase.

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This course includes

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14 Quizzes

This course includes

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14 Quizzes
Course Overview
What You'll Learn
Course Content

Course Overview

At the start of this course, you’ll be introduced to a handful of important practices and principles for designing and building APIs that are robust, reliable, and resilient. You’ll also acquire skills in a wide range of developer tools, including tools for design, documentation, building, testing, security, and deployment. You'll learn the best practices for modeling an APIs lifecycle using Donald Norman’s action lifecycle. Then, you’ll learn how to use the sequence diagram for designing APIs and describ...Show More

What You'll Learn

A working knowledge of HTTP, REST and APIs

Hands-on experience of modeling, designing, and describing APIs

The ability to sketch and prototype APIs

Familiarity with testing and securely deploying APIs

What You'll Learn

A working knowledge of HTTP, REST and APIs

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Course Content

1.

Introduction

Introduction to the Course
Adopting the API First Principle
Exploring APIs with curl
Summary
Quiz: Adopting and Exploring APIs
Challenge: API Calls with curl
Solution: API Calls with curl
2.

Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs

Understanding Web API Protocols, Practices, and Styles
The Web and the REST API
Managing Files with Git
Creating a Public GitHub Project
Summary
Quiz: HTTP, REST, and APIs
Challenge: Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs
Solution: Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs
3.

Modeling APIs

Understanding the Norman’s Action Cycle
Modeling Our Onboarding API Cycle
Writing an API Story
Creating Our npm Package
Managing Our Project with npm
Summary
Quiz: Modeling APIs
Challenge: Modeling APIs
Solution: Modeling APIs
4.

Designing APIs

The Power of Design
The API Design Method
Identifying API Descriptors
Creating Our Sequence Diagrams for an API Design
Summary
Quiz: Designing APIs
Challenge: Designing APIs
Solution: Designing APIs
5.

Describing APIs

Learning the Role of Description Formats
Describing our API with ALPS
Updating an API Project
Summary
Quiz: Describing APIs
Challenge: Describing APIs
Solution: Describing APIs
6.

Sketching APIs

9 Lessons

7.

Prototyping APIs

12 Lessons

8.

Building APIs

12 Lessons

9.

Testing APIs

11 Lessons

10.

Securing APIs

7 Lessons

11.

Deploying APIs

8 Lessons

12.

Modifying APIs

7 Lessons

13.

Some Parting Thoughts

2 Lessons

14.

Appendixes

6 Lessons

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Evan Dunbar

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