GraphQL, gRPC and REST, Oh My! A Method for Unified API Design • Mike Amundsen • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia Europe 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia http://gotopia.eu Mike Amundsen - The (API) uncle you wish you had — the ultimate expert ABSTRACT APIs are the glue that hold modern software together. If your API fails, it all fails. Folks also tend to overcomplicate the API design. Mike will teach you how write solid APIs without overdoing it. Once your API is released out into the wild, you'll see users using it in new and creative ways — often in ways that weren't intended in the first place. Which is how we get to versioning — you can't just change the original without violating all those creative initiatives. Companies that adopt a single API definition format (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, Schema Definition Language, Protobuff, etc.) are likely to find their options limited as their API ecosystem grows and matures over time. In order to avoid forcing the entire company to adopt a single API style or format, no matter the requirements of providers and consumers, we need a solid, simple and repeatable way to design APIs [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:50 Overview 04:49 A story of API design & governance 10:05 The challenge of HTTP-centric API design 15:37 A unified method for API design 19:30 Examples/demo 28:07 A unified method for API design continued Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotopia.eu/2020/sessions/1462/graphql-grpc-and-rest-oh-my-a-method-for-unified-api-design RECOMMENDED BOOKS Mike Amundsen • Design and Build Great Web APIs • https://bookshop.org/a/9452/9781680506808 Kasun Indrasiri & Danesh Kuruppu • gRPC: Up and Running • https://amzn.to/3sBGBJJ https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #APIs #GraphQL #gRPC #REST #RESTapis #APIDesign #OpenAPI #AsyncAPI #Protobuff Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1