Unlock the Secrets of Great, Lasting APIs • Mike Amundsen & Casey Rosenthal • GOTO 2020

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTOBookClub http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Mike Amundsen - Author of "Design and Build Great Web APIs" @mamund Casey Rosenthal - Author of "Chaos Engineering" @caseyrosenthal9467 DESCRIPTION Have you been tasked with creating web APIs for your organization? Mike Amundsen, author of the book "Design and Build Great Web APIs", goes through some of the secrets of building great APIs and what the best process and tools are for doing that with Casey Rosenthal. The interview is based on Mike Amundsen's new book "Design and Build Great Web APIs": https://bookshop.org/a/9452/9781680506808 TIMECODES 00:00 Series intro 00:50 Episode intro 01:33 Does this book apply to web developers only? 02:26 Who's the target audience? 06:46 How to handle friction within teams & iterations 09:46 Did you struggle with technical choices? 13:57 Helping your clients 16:27 Sketching 18:58 Reversibility's role in building an API 22:24 Versioning APIs gone bad 25:18 API security 29:55 Outro Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/bookclub/episodes/how-to-build-solid-and-great-apis RECOMMENDED BOOKS Mike Amundsen • Design and Build Great Web APIs • https://bookshop.org/a/9452/9781680506808 Casey Rosenthal • Chaos Engineering • https://www.verica.io/book https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #APIs #GOTOpia #MikeAmundsen #CaseyRosenthal #Programming #SecureAPIs #PragmaticProgrammer #Reversibility SUPPORTER This episode of the GOTO Book Club was made possible thanks to the support of SimCorp. SimCorp provides front to back, integrated investment management solutions to the world’s leading asset managers, asset servicers, pension and insurance funds, wealth managers, central banks, and sovereign wealth funds. Learn more at https://www.simcorp.com CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1