Grokking the API Design Interview
Intermediate
132 Lessons
20h
Certificate of Completion
Takeaway Skills
An understanding of the foundational knowledge of API design
Familiarity with the principles of advanced-level API designing
An understanding of the importance of good APIs
An understanding of what makes a good API design
Ability to tackle any new API design endeavor
Course Overview
Designing an API is an involved activity where the goal is to make sense of complex requirements. A designer is expected to understand requirements and steer the design in a cohesive way. Design activity often covers a lot of breadth and targets specific depth topics. You’ll design APIs of well-known systems, such as YouTube, Stripe, Zoom, and more. You’ll also learn how they fit in the bigger product. You start with a discussion of recurring concepts so that we could use them freely as building blocks. T...Show More
Course Content
Introduction to the Course
Network Intricacies
Different Ways of Client-Server Communication
Common Data Formats for Web APIs
Comparison of API Architectural Styles
Security
9 Lessons
Important Concepts in API Design
18 Lessons
Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations for Latency
5 Lessons
What Are the Foundational API Designs?
3 Lessons
Design a Search Service
6 Lessons
Design a File Service
4 Lessons
Design a Comment Service
5 Lessons
Design a Pub-Sub Service
5 Lessons
Concluding Foundational Design Problems
1 Lesson
YouTube Streaming API Design
6 Lessons
Facebook Messenger API Design
4 Lessons
Google Maps API Design
4 Lessons
Learn to Design a Chess API with AI Mentor
1 Lesson
Zoom API Design
5 Lessons
Leetcode API Design
4 Lessons
Payment Gateway API Design—Stripe
6 Lessons
Twitter API Design
4 Lessons
Uber API Design
4 Lessons
CamelCamelCamel API Design
5 Lessons
Gaming API Design
5 Lessons
API Failures and Mitigations
4 Lessons
Conclusion
2 Lessons
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