Principles of Web API Design • James Higginbotham & Mike Amundsen

Learn the principles of web API design from James Higginbotham and Mike Amundsen, covering topics like job stories, domain modeling, business-technical alignment, and more.

Key takeaways

The importance of understanding the job to be done, and how to use tools like job stories and activity steps to identify the scope of an API
The need for a North Star to guide API design, such as the modeling of the domain
The importance of alignment between business and technical teams, and how to use techniques like semantic versioning to manage changes
The need for a portal or API gateway to manage access to APIs, and how to use techniques like API composition to reduce complexity
The importance of understanding the scope and responsibilities of an API, and how to use techniques like event storming to identify boundaries
The need for a lean and agile approach to API development, including the use of iterative design and continuous improvement
The importance of understanding the customer’s needs and using empathy to design APIs that meet those needs
The need for a cohesive and aligned approach to API design, including the use of APIs as products that need to be nurtured and developed
The importance of understanding the distinction between modeling and design, and how to use techniques like Lambda and serverless functions to improve API development
The need for a framework or methodology to guide API design, such as Vlingo
The importance of understanding the ecosystem and the relationships between different APIs, and how to use techniques like semantic versioning to manage changes

Principles of Web API Design • James Higginbotham & Mike Amundsen

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