Intermediate API Development Course

Course Summary

The Intermediate API Development training course is designed to explore more advanced techniques for developing APIs in the Cloud.

The course begins with a review of API fundamentals and builds the case for standards in the API lifecycle. Next, it examines the contract design approach and automated testing for APIs. The course concludes with a deep dive into security in API development and a summary of common standards.

Before attending this course, students should take the Fundamentals of API Development course or be familiar with all of the topics listed here: Fundamentals of API Development

Purpose

Promote a deeper understanding of APIs and increase the skills needed to architect and build APIs using best practices.

Audience

Software Developers who need to learn more advanced API design and development techniques.

Role

DevOps Engineer - Software Developer

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Workshops

Duration

3 Days

Related Technologies

Software Architecture

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Productivity Objectives:

Describe the importance of standards in API lifecycle
Identify pain points of not having consistency
Explain contract design approach
Define an API-First approach and its standards
Understand how CI/CD, DevOps and testing work with APIs
Assess the common standards used to handle security with APIs

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Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
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Industry experts with 15+ years of industry experience that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
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More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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What You'll Learn

In the Intermediate API Development training course, you'll learn:

API fundamentals
- Types
- Communication Protocols
- Design
- Testing and deployment
- Maintenance
The case for standards in API Lifecycle
- Review pain points in not having consistency in:
  - Contract design
  - API first/code first development
  - CI/CD and DevOps practices
  - Automated testing
  - Versioning
  - Security
Contract design approach
- Common standards
- Demo designing semi-complex API this way
Design an API
API-First approach
- Common standards
- Demo designing API this way and making it available before development
Parallel development using API contracts
CI/CD and automated testing
- Common standards
- Adding and testing code; deploying through pipeline
- Discussion: Why any standard? Why this standard?
Security in API development
- Common standards
- Security configuration of API
- Why any standard? Why this standard?
Summary of common API standards
- Contract design
- API first/code first development
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Automated testing
- Versioning
- Security