We all want to build great APIs—but what exactly makes an API great? Is being RESTful enough? Is it always necessary to achieve Level 3 of the Richardson Maturity Model? What about principles like the Robustness Principle (Postel’s Law) or Hyrum’s Law, which expose the deeper challenges of designing APIs that are both resilient and predictable? How do these principles align with modern practices like the API Design First approach, where good API design is at the core of building adaptable systems? If these questions have been keeping you awake at night, this workshop is for you.
In this session, we’ll explore the principles and values that guide the design and development of great APIs. We’ll tackle the deeper challenges of creating APIs that are resilient and predictable by avoiding key anti-patterns—such as misused HTTP methods and hidden inter-parameter dependencies—that can make APIs harder to use, scale, and maintain. Furthermore, we’ll discuss how to shift-left the identification of breaking changes to the API design phase itself.
Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, participants will learn to diagnose API design smells and apply practical strategies to fix them.
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