Development Lifecycle

A collection of 4 posts
Internal vs External APIs

Internal vs External APIs

In our cloud era, the increase in mobile and the need of massive internal/external adoption of services, REST-based APIs have replaced SOAP Web services. REST APIs are HTTP based, lighter, easier to understand and integrate, and therefore, have become the de facto standard for creating enterprise APIs (read about »
An API-First Development Approach

An API-First Development Approach

Regardless of the type of application you’re developing, chances are if you’re developing it for the cloud, then your ultimate goal is to have that application be a participant in an ecosystem of services. In that case I would take a look at the concept of API first. »
Why API Testing is Important in Your Development Process

Why API Testing is Important in Your Development Process

One of the most common ways to see companies benefiting from API monitoring is in production — making sure those live API endpoints are up, fast and returning the data that’s expected (for this, you can use any of these tools). By monitoring production endpoints, you’re in the loop »

Development Lifecycle of an API

Software API development lifecycle Every software company or startup has a unique software development lifecycle that they are using. It is often necessary to synchronize and align RESTful API deployment with the same processes that you use today for developing, testing, and deploying other applications. Some services provide tools and »