As the experience economy and API economy collide, enterprise leaders must take a proactive approach and embrace a little-known but deeply rooted technical discipline.

An article explaining the API design principles and process used at Slack was recently published in the Slack Engineering blog. It explains the six design principles used at Slack to design their ...

A good API design process gives you an opportunity to produce the best interface possible. The secret to building a great API is not expert guidance or secret knowledge.

Jumpstarting API Design Before implementing an API, we must analyze complex business requirements. What actions need to be performed, what data needs to be exposed and what data governance ...

Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services.

Keep your API surface aligned with domain concepts, not database details. Domain-Focused Procedures: Design your API around business logic rather than CRUD operations at the database level.

The basics of API design Core to all these types of failures where the API doesn’t work as planned is a need for design that considers multiple aspects of a good API plan.

However, a successful API strategy hinges on applying an API-first design approach. As opposed to traditional code-first API building, API-first means viewing your API as a product—designing it ...

Kong Inc., a cloud connectivity company, is releasing a new open source tool called Insomnia Designer, offering a collaborative API design editor. Building on Insomnia Core, which Kong acquired in ...

API management tools can also help developers do their jobs better. They not only streamline API design but can mock up test cases and ensure an API does everything it promises. They can flag ...