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

54 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

This course includes

54 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

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

Course Content

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

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

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

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

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

Sketching APIs

9 Lessons

Prototyping APIs

12 Lessons

Building APIs

12 Lessons

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

Course Author

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