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APIs: A new, flexible interface

Thursday, October 27, 2011

David Mytton

Woop Japan!Thursday, October 27, 2011

Different interfaces



• Web UI



• Web UI

• Mobile



• Web UI

• Mobile

• API


Constraints


Constraints

• Team size


Constraints

• Team size

• Backlog


Constraints

• Team size

• Backlog

• Time


It’s a little different.


Flexibility


Flexibility

• Real time decisions


Flexibility


• Historical reports


Flexibility


• Historical reports

• Automation


Business reasons?


Business reasons?

• Unintended use


Business reasons?

• Unintended use

• Not planned


Business reasons?

• Unintended use

• Not planned

• Yes


Encouraging usage


Encouraging usage

• Good docs


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Descriptions


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Descriptions

• Client libraries


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Code Examples

• Descriptions

• Client libraries


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Dogfood


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Dogfood

• SOAP


Encouraging usage

• Good docs

• Dogfood

• SOAP

• XMLThursday, October 27, 2011

REST

Photo: Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.comThursday, October 27, 2011

REST

• HTTP


REST

• HTTP

• Browsers, curl, wget


Recap


Recap

• Treat APIs as a new interface


Recap


• Flexibility


Recap


• Flexibility

• Unintended uses


Recap


• Flexibility

• Unintended uses

• Make it easyThursday, October 27, 2011

David Mytton

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