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API Design and Development

  • Number of Courses8 courses
  • Duration14 hours
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This learning path covers key API technologies and methodologies. It starts with REST, the widely-adopted architectural style for networked applications, and encompasses various essential aspects of API development. The path explores API security, testing, and documentation practices crucial for robust implementation. It addresses API versioning and practical implementation in Node.js, a popular JavaScript runtime. It also covers modern paradigms: designing APIs for microservices architecture, leveraging GraphQL for flexible data querying, and utilizing gRPC with Protocol Buffers for efficient, language-agnostic communication. This path provides a comprehensive overview of current API design and development practices, from RESTful services to high-performance RPC frameworks.

Courses in this path

REST APIs

Learn the foundations of building secure, effective and documented REST APIs.

REST Fundamentals

  • by Markus Neuhoff
  • 2h 39m Duration

API Testing Strategies

  • by Marko Vajs
  • 58m Duration

API Security Practices

  • by Travis Thomsen
  • 1h 36m Duration

Documenting APIs Effectively

  • by Michael Hoffman
  • 1h 2m Duration

Implementing Rest APIs in Node.js

  • by James Millar
  • 1h 53m Duration

Designing APIs for Microservices

  • by Esteban Herrera
  • 1h 16m Duration

GraphQL, Protocol Buffers and gRPC

Learn the foundations of Protocol Buffers and gRPC.

Protocol Buffer Fundamentals

  • by Mike Van Sickle
  • 2h 13m Duration

gRPC Fundamentals

  • by Mike Van Sickle
  • 2h 1m Duration

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Markus Neuhoff
Markus Neuhoff
Markus is enthusiastic about using technology to solve problems and sharing that knowledge with others. After nearly a decade of .NET development, Markus made the transition to leadership, providing mentorship and technical guidance to a large team. Additionally, he continues to bridge the gap between technologists and business stakeholders. Leveraging a broad background in a variety of industries including Healthcare, Public Safety, and Higher Education, he is able to assess technology’s true i... more
Marko Vajs
Marko Vajs
Marko Vajs is a software engineer passionate about technology and project organization. He is a quality evangelist specializing in Test Automation but does not neglect the importance of early software development lifecycle involvement. Marko had the opportunity to define and implement different quality initiatives and establish delivery procedures in early development stages across multiple projects. He has been acting in various technical roles where he acquired DevOps, programming, and testing... more
Travis Thomsen
Travis Thomsen
I have over 23 years of experience as a Software Developer and DevOps Engineer. I am passionate about learning new technologies, methodologies, languages and automation. Specialties: Node.JS, Puppet, Configuration Management Continuous Integration and DevOps.
Michael Hoffman
Michael Hoffman
Michael is a Principal Architect at NVISIA. He's worked in technology for almost twenty-five years for a variety of clients across several different industries. He has a great passion for teaching and mentoring. His fifteen minutes of fame was reaching bucket number 3 on the Bozo Show. He has a bachelors degree in computer science and information systems from DePaul University and currently resides in the Chicago metropolitan area.
James Millar
James Millar
James Millar is a freelance software development consultant based in Malmesbury, England who has worked for some of the world’s biggest brands. He started his career over a decade ago writing training materials for Microsoft and moved into industry to further develop his skills. Having worked for multiple industries including automotive and process automation has been fortunate enough to work on some major projects operating at global scale. He has a passion for back end services and infrastruct... more
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera has more than fifteen years of experience in the software development industry. He has worked in many roles and projects, but mostly architecting and developing enterprise systems with Java and Javascript. Nowadays, he spends all of his time learning new things, writing articles, teaching programming, and enjoying his kids.
Mike Van Sickle
Mike Van Sickle
Michael Van Sickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company's attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he i... more

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