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

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

2.

Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs

3.

Modeling APIs

4.

Designing APIs

5.

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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Anthony Walker

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Emma Bostian 🐞

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Evan Dunbar

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Carlos Matias La Borde

Software Developer

Souvik Kundu

Front-end Developer

Vinay Krishnaiah

Software Developer

Eric Downs

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Kenan Eyvazov

DevOps Engineer

Souvik Kundu

Front-end Developer

Eric Downs

Musician/Entrepeneur

Anthony Walker

@_webarchitect_

Emma Bostian 🐞

@EmmaBostian

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