Design and Build Great Web APIs

Gain insights into designing robust APIs, explore essential tools for design, documentation, testing, and deployment. Delve into ALPS, OpenAPI, Postman, and Heroku for comprehensive API development.

Intermediate

113 Lessons

28h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into designing robust APIs, explore essential tools for design, documentation, testing, and deployment. Delve into ALPS, OpenAPI, Postman, and Heroku for comprehensive API development.

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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

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Course Content

1.

Introduction

Get familiar with designing effective APIs, adopting API-first principles, and using curl.
2.

Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs

Grasp the fundamentals of HTTP, REST principles, Git usage, and GitHub repository management.
3.

Modeling APIs

Master the steps to model APIs effectively using workflows, user stories, and npm tools.
4.

Designing APIs

Enhance your skills in consistent API design, using structured methods, diagrams, and user-focused terminology.
5.

Describing APIs

Take a closer look at documenting API designs using ALPS, including practical implementation and version control.
6.

Sketching APIs

9 Lessons

Follow the process of sketching APIs for efficient design, refinement, and testing.
7.

Prototyping APIs

12 Lessons

Build on creating thorough API prototypes using OpenAPI, SwaggerHub, and ReDocly tools.
8.

Building APIs

12 Lessons

Try out building APIs with Node.js and DARRT, emphasizing reusable processes and efficient coding.
9.

Testing APIs

11 Lessons

Unpack the core of API testing principles, techniques with Postman, SRTs, and Newman.
10.

Securing APIs

7 Lessons

Work your way through identity, access control, encryption, OAuth, and JWT for API security.
11.

Deploying APIs

8 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of deployment pipelines, DevOps practices, and deploying APIs with Heroku.
12.

Modifying APIs

7 Lessons

Take a closer look at modifying live APIs while ensuring backward compatibility and user trust.
13.

Some Parting Thoughts

2 Lessons

Focus on API design principles, from aligning with business needs to deployment techniques.
14.

Appendixes

6 Lessons

Master the steps to install essential tools like curl, GitHub, Node.js, Postman, Heroku, and local utilities.

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