In the last 3 years I have researched hundreds of APIs from SaaS based applications from around the world, analysed in detail around 60 APIs and deep dived into around 20 APIs. I’ve experienced working with great APIs, not so great APIs and everything in between. Background To understand what I’ve learnt, let’s take a… Read More »
“To achieve complexity one must master simplicity”. In any system, the building blocks are so important and this is reflected in nature all around us. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. DNA the building blocks of cells and all living things. Elements of the periodic table the building blocks of the matter that… Read More »
When considering integrating with REST based API’s, the first approach should always be how do I make my design non transactional. Non transactional means that the API can be called over and over again within any negative affect. Banking systems need to be transactional. If a transaction was processed more than once, that would be… Read More »
One of the key aspects when making API calls is to keep them as simple as possible. This means if you are an API consumer, you want to be able to retrieve data on demand and not have to worry about how many times you have retrieved it, or that you have to retrieve it… Read More »