Continuing a conversation from my previous podcast episode on Constant Variables, I was invited back to attempt to demystify a common technology that appears more complicated than necessary – APIs.
I think it is a great listen for any beginning or junior developer, before they start creating APIs. It covers topics like:
- What an API-first mentality is
- Why APIs should have good documentation
- Reasons to have a public API
- Common misconceptions of APIs
- Why you should look at how to pull data out of an API before pushing data into one
- Why you shouldn’t build your own API security
- Recommendations for teaching kids APIs
- Who one of the best resources is for learning APIs (the answer might surprise you)