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Creating Web APIs That Developers Will Love

by Kirsten Hunter

Web APIs enable organizations to provide a usable interface for mobile, web, and other third-party applications. This course will give you the knowledge you need to create a strong and vibrant platform.

What you'll learn

When creating a new REST platform, the planning process frequently gets skipped resulting in an ill-conceived API. This course, Creating Web APIs That Developers Will Love, will first walk you through some guidelines to follow when crafting RESTful web APIs. Then, you will learn a strong process for designing and developing your APIs. Finally, you will get guidance on how best to support your developer community. When you are finished with this course, you will have a great foundation for building APIs that provide a rich developer experience and are successful and engaging.

About the author

Kirsten Hunter is an unapologetic hacker and passionate advocate for the development community. Her technical interests range from graph databases to cloud services, and her experience supporting and evangelizing REST APIs has given her a unique perspective on developer success. In her copious free time she’s a gamer, fantasy reader, and all around rabble-rouser. Code samples, recipes, and philosophical musings can be found on her blog at http://www.princesspolymath.com/. Her new book, Irresisti... more

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