API Design

Design APIs with style

APIs are more and more used in today’s software. A badly formed API is costly to replace. In this highly interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to build design API’s from the ground up.

Why Attend

Learn to address issues like:

How do I use AI assistants to design good APIs?
How do we work with APIs when doing continuous deployment?
We have a new version of the API, what do we do with the old one?
How can we verify that security and performance requirements are still valid after an API change?
How do I refactor an API?

Who Should Attend

This workshop is aimed at Developers, Architects, Testers and Technical Leads.

Practical Details

Language: English
Experiential, hands-on, interactive online learning with practical examples
Participants will be awarded a Mozaic Works certificate of completion

This Learning Program is Available on Demand

Agenda

Fundamentals of API Design

What is an API and what is API Design?
APIs as User Interface for Programmers
Architectural Concerns for APIs
Design Qualities for APIs
A Classification of APIs
Styles of API Design
Elements of API Design
Communication Patterns for APIs

AI Assistants in API Design

AI Assistants as a Design Partner
Exploring Design Decisions with AI Assistants
Generating and Iterating on API Artefacts
AI-Assisted Prototyping

Practices of API Design

Start From the Client Problem
Write Client Code
Prototype & Iterate
Test with Users
Pick the Right API Design Style
Have a Testing Strategy
Living Documentation
API Versioning

Data-centric API Design

Fundamentals of Data-Centric APIs
Domain Modeling
REST API Style
GraphQL API Style

REST API Design

Documenting and Specifying REST APIs
Caching in REST APIs
Idempotency in REST APIs
Operational Concerns for REST APIs

GraphQL API Design

Fundamentals of GraphQL APIs
Schema Design
Design GraphQL Resolvers
Schema Evolution
Operational Concerns for GraphQL APIs

Behavior-centric API Design

Modeling Behavior
Design Long-Running Operations
Design Workflows
Technologies for Behavior-centric APIs

gRPC APIs Design

Fundamentals of gRPC
Schema Design and Evolution
Workflows with gRPC
Operational Concerns for gRPC

Event-Driven API Design

Modeling Events
Event-Driven Patterns and Trade-Offs
Specify Event-Driven APIs
Schema Evolution in Event-Driven Systems
Workflows in Event-Driven Systems
Operational Concerns for Event-Driven Systems
Event Sourcing

Real-Time API Design

Fundamentals of Real-Time APIs
Bidirectional and Stateful Communication with WebSockets
Server-Sent Events
GraphQL Subscriptions
gRPC Streaming
Reactive Programming

API Design at Scale

API Discoverability
Authentication and Authorization Practices for APIs
API Debugging and Monitoring
Caching Strategies
Versioning Strategies
Security Practices for APIs
Dealing with Multiple Clients

What’s Next?

More details and full agenda here

Prerequisites

You should have a few years of professional programming experience. Design experience is useful but not necessary.

If you have a specific API example that you want to discuss, make sure to prepare it before the workshop.

Meet Your Trainers

Alex Bolboaca

CTO, Senior Trainer at Mozaic Works

With over 25 years of international experience in the world of software and technology, Alexandru shares about himself: Being deeply passionate about technology creation I am a continuous learner in the field. Between reading, trying out technologies and multiple programming languages, presenting and participating to developer communities and conferences, I have learned enough to write two books and teach hundreds of developers and architects. I love working with smart people who want to get better at what they do, whether it’s team work, communication, management or technical skills. I offer you my passion, my experience and my capacity to adapt to your needs. About Alex

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