Let’s see if you can spot the trend in these recent stories: API Management Platform Mashery Closes On $10 Million. The thread that connects these posts comes down to the almighty API. The rise of API’s should not be a surprise to anyone. MORE

“While APIs are growing in popularity, and more and more companies are launching their own public APIs, it is increasingly clear that public APIs aren’t a good fit for every company. In some cases, companies can only determine that a public API isn’t a viable proposition by launching one and seeing how the market reacts and its needs evolve. The challenge of supporting a public API is that many companies fail to truly buy into the long-term benefits of openness. MORE

This article explores the growth of messaging platforms, how APIs and chatbots are changing the way people interact with software, and what it means for digital transformation as well as the future of application development. Same APIs, different devices. And APIs are making it happen. MORE

The only thing that was missing for me was an API. Fitbit released the Fitbit API quietly a month or so ago. My Investments API fitbitI love Fitbit. The product is great, the team is great, and I’m psyched to be an investor. I’ve been a user for a while – my data is public – but I just recently started using the food tracker which is superb. I’ve encouraged them to make more noise as some great applications are coming out. MORE

I was recently asked why more companies are not taking more advantage of Cloud APIs from their cloud service providers to power their software product and IT initiatives. While these cloud management tools can be useful, the real power lies in the Cloud APIs that power these tools. MORE

There has been a good deal of discussion, both positive and negative, about the recent obsession of APIs. ” To the non-technical, APIs might be a bit of mystery and magic – build an API, sell your company for lots of money. APIs themselves are nothing special. MORE

Effective communication is the most important factor for API success. APIs do not have a user interface, so your documentation is the primary communication method for developers to interact with your API. Your API Documentation Must Answer 10 Key Questions. MORE

What’s Wrong With the Twitter API via @orian : All the big Internet platforms create some level of API anxiety within their developer community. Recently Facebook got slammed at the worst of the API’s in a survey by Trove. MORE

whitneymcn : API Access to 2010 US Census Data The “tomorrow” below is actually today, and this is great. Tomorrow, the Census Bureau will be launching its first-ever public API for developers […]. The API serves up both 2010 Census and American Community Survey statistics for every neighborhood in the US , and delivers on our commitment to create a platform for innovation by “opening up our data”. tech API big data government census USA Government 2.0 MORE

” Oracle also got copyrights to the Java APIs. The post Oracle’s Java API Suit Against Google – Five Years Later appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Five years ago, in August 2010, I asked the question Have We Reached The Software Patent Tipping Point? Oracle sued Google over a series of Java-related patents they got when they acquired Sun. MORE

This is the third post in a series of three about Etsy’s API, the abstract interface to our logic and data. In the last posts we covered how we built a new API framework, and we clearly identified the gains in terms of performance and shared abstraction layer between languages and devices. MORE

These applications often require a web-based API to expose the database(s) for storing, querying, and retrieving necessary application data. How can we build an API that exposes our application data but also ensure API longevity to support future needs? MORE

API Integration Challenges : Interesting (and somewhat counterintuitive) results from a survey released by Trove. Definitely read more and if you would like to voice your own opinion, join us for the Trove NYC Meetup and Hack Day this Sunday at WeWork Soho (link to sign up at the bottom of the linked post MORE

Google Code just release the API console. It better organizes Google’s APIs and I even discovered a couple new APIs. Custom Search API - Google Custom Search enables you to search over a slice of the web, such as your own website, or a collection of websites. MORE

I was recently asked what the key indicators might be that an organization should look to implement a modern web API training program. While there are likely more, these are the five key indicators that we have found that indicate your organization needs to implement an API training program. MORE

APIs are not just a technology solution that require training for developers, they drive many aspects of the business strategy. In fact, companies are using APIs to extend their core product offerings through partner integrations and even complete products and services. MORE

Guy Nirpaz Blog Thoughts from my startup journey Salesforce API and Axis2 Here’s a useful tip for Java developers integrating with the SalesForce API. To read the explanation, just have a look here Tags: api , axis2 , salesforce This entry was posted on Sunday, May 30th, 2010 at 3:35 am and is filed under Uncategorized. MORE

“Our API directory has hit another major milestone. We now list 5,000 APIs, just a short four months since passing 4,000. 5,000 APIs: Facebook, Google and Twitter Are Changing the Web ” by ProgrammableWeb. API tech programming developers MORE

I have deployed a wide variety of APIs, from internal to APIs for public or partner consumption. However, many have not experienced Heroku before or have not considered it for an API deployment solution. Why is Heroku such a great fit for deploying APIs? Securing Your API. MORE

I’m now sitting in the API track and the first two presentations have been dynamite. Clay Loveless from Mashery just did a presentation titled “ 5 Things I Hate About Your API-TOS“. For simplicity, I’ll call the company providing the API’s the “platform company” and the companies using the API as the “ecosystem partners.” Tags: Technology API Glue TOS I’m at the Glue Conference all day. So far, it’s far exceeded my already high expectations. MORE

I am pleased to announced that LaunchAny and Casey Software have teamed up to provide a new, onsite API workshop called the “Fundamentals of Designing a Great API.” ” This workshop is designed to help product and IT teams better understand the fundamentals of modern web APIs and great API design. The one-day onsite workshop covers the following topics: Understanding APIs. Principles of Modern Web APIs. What Makes a Great API? MORE

There are “big data” companies that are offering API’s to access data to enrich applications. A whole community of API management vendors like Mashery and Apigee have sprouted up to help web companies manage and monetize their API’s. MORE

This is the second post in a series of three about Etsy’s API, the abstract interface to our logic and data. The previous post is about concurrency in Etsy’s API infrastructure. This post covers the operational side of the API infrastructure. MORE

There is no shortage of web API-related training programs. Some focus on the technical details, while others explore the various aspects of great API design. Focus on Cross-Team API Training Fundamentals. Teach API Modeling Along With API Design. MORE

Steves Latest Twitter Update (@PoPo) : Home About Steve Poland: Risk Taker Archives Contact FourSquare API Ideas By Steve Poland • October 28, 2009 I haven’t looked at the API, but I see crazy potential of apps being built on-top of FourSquare. link] Actually, the following post is basically what FourSquare became [feb 2007 I wrote this]: [link] and [link] I haven’t looked at the API, but I see crazy potential of apps being built on-top of FourSquare. MORE

But with these new API changes, I’m not sure how or even if we can stay in business. I didn’t really look into the recent API changes. Second, Facebook’s API is RETARDED. I love(d) Twitter’s API because of the freedom and ease of use. MORE

How your web or mobile API might be putting your business at risk. Do you have a web or mobile API? Web APIs are often used to connect a modern web application to the backend database using JavaScript frameworks such as Backbone, Angular, or Ember. What is an Accidental API? MORE

I understand that you guys are hugely busy, and that in the grand scheme of things API support for community programmers is hardly a priority. If you [in the sense of “one”] are going to offer an API, view it as a product to be designed, managed, and supported as a distinct entity; it must work in harmony with the “core” product, but an API that’s a second class citizen in the company is a second class product. That is why API’s are so vital and important. MORE

“Great API documentation is essential” many people exclaim. So, you fire up your favorite API definition editor and start writing docs. The Hidden Value of API Documentation. API documentation tells the story of your API. MORE

Much has been written about API design techniques – from choosing the right HTTP verb to guidance on response code usage and hypermedia dos and don’ts. We need to remember that APIs exist to help complete a job-to-be-done. One that supports the human side of APIs. MORE

At Etsy we have been doing some pioneering work with our Web APIs. All of the code that was built for the website then had to be rebuilt in our API to be used by our iOS and Android apps. Unfortunately our existing API framework couldn’t support this shared approach. MORE

Filed under: weekend reading Tagged: api , apigee , design , Google , modular innovation , product , scvngr , startup , sxsw , user experience. weekend reading api apigee design Google modular innovation product scvngr startup sxsw user experience MORE

So far, we have put together a foundation for our API documentation: 1. We must first move beyond API reference documentation and look for other ways to communicate the value and purpose of your APIs. APIs are conversations between client and server. MORE

I was recently approached by an API vendor at an API conference. While the encounter wasn’t horrific, I did find a few things related to their API marketing and sales process that left me less-than-excited to promote their product to my clients and other developers. MORE

If you are a web developer in Boulder who does stuff with APIs, I encourage you to join our friends at Singly on Thursday 7/26 at the Bitter Bar from 5:30 – 8:30. They are building an organic network of friends and evangelists around APIs and looking to have a conversation with anyone interested. Several Foundry Group companies who are API-centric will be there including FullContact and SendGrid are co-sponsoring the event and helping to promote it. MORE

For the last 2 years, Keith Casey and I have been conducted API training workshops with over 1400 participants across nearly a dozen roles. We hope that by sharing these lessons, we will help your teams to become more educated and productive around the understanding and design of APIs. MORE

I recently presented a lightning talk at Austin on Rails titled “5 ways to build better APIs in Ruby” Below is the slide deck, along with a coupon code to our book to help with your API design and development. Ruby API Framework benchmarks. MORE

The biggest flip the technology age has done on the industrial era is the open API. For the uninitiated, an open API (Application Program Interface) is a word used to describe sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other. Entrepreneurs get a shot at being acquired by the firms whose API they focus on. The open API idea has to be one of the major reasons why technology companies are eating the world. MORE

There is considerable source material on great API design. These are all important things to consider when designing a great API. As API providers and designers, we can forget what it is like to consume APIs as we get so busy building them. APIs tell a story. MORE

APIs In a Post-API World – Uri Sarid, Mulesoft. Now we have a huge number of APIs available. > > 13,000 open APIs today, perhaps millions of enterprise APIs. Until you call it ‘connectivity’” The new software stack is layered with APIs, orchestration, then more APIs – each with a different spin that we all may need. Your API needs to be designed up-front for the people that will use it. API Defrag 2013 MORE

Which brings me to the real topic of this post; APIs. Twitter is perhaps the business most frequently associated with the term API. The risk, however, is that we develop a mental association between downtime and APIs. Lets not confuse the term API with what is behind the API; service delivery infrastructure. An API is simply an access point into an infrastructure based service. the service delivery infrastructure behind the API is what really matters. MORE

As part of my API design consulting engagements, I’m often called in to resolve the conflict between the API design that the frontend developers would prefer to have and the backend developers want to build. Example conflict #2: Performance problems due to n+1 API calls. MORE

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