Grokking the Product Architecture Design Interview

Intermediate

132 Lessons

20h

Certificate of Completion

This course will get you grokking the API design interview in no time!

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Mock Interview
Mock Interview
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This course includes

162 Quizzes
678 Illustrations

This course includes

162 Quizzes
678 Illustrations

Course Overview

Designing a modern system involves navigating complex requirements to create cohesive and functional designs. As a designer, you'll need to understand these requirements and guide the design process effectively, addressing both broad and specific topics in product design. In this course, you will design APIs for well-known systems such as YouTube, Stripe, and Zoom, understanding how these APIs integrate into the larger product ecosystem. You'll begin by discussing recurring concepts, using them as foundati...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

System Design

Prepare For Interview

Api

Api Design

What You'll Learn

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 Content

1

Introduction to the Course

2

Network Intricacies

3

Different Ways of Client-Server Communication

4

Common Data Formats for Web APIs

5

Comparison of API Architectural Styles

6

Security

9 Lessons

7

Important Concepts in API Design

18 Lessons

8

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations for Latency

5 Lessons

9

What Are the Foundational API Designs?

3 Lessons

10

Design a Search Service

6 Lessons

11

Design a File Service

4 Lessons

12

Design a Comment Service

5 Lessons

13

Design a Pub-Sub Service

5 Lessons

14

Concluding Foundational Design Problems

1 Lesson

15

YouTube Streaming API Design

6 Lessons

16

Facebook Messenger API Design

4 Lessons

17

Google Maps API Design

4 Lessons

18

Learn to Design a Chess API with AI Mentor

1 Lesson

19

Zoom API Design

5 Lessons

20

Leetcode API Design

4 Lessons

21

Payment Gateway API Design—Stripe

6 Lessons

22

Twitter API Design

4 Lessons

23

Uber API Design

4 Lessons

24

CamelCamelCamel API Design

5 Lessons

25

Gaming API Design

5 Lessons

26

API Failures and Mitigations

4 Lessons

27

Conclusion

2 Lessons

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