API Strategery

A talk about why APIs are so important in today's development and the flexibility they provide us in the future and also some development strategies about how to go about building them.

Transcript

1. API Strategery It’s kind of a big deal.
2. API Strategery Why is developing APIs for the apps we build so gosh darn important? What are some development strategies to do this successfully? 2/34
3. Who am I? @CalvinBushor 3/34
4. My Background. I build web applications. 4/34
5. ToFlexOrNotToFlex.com An E85 Flex Fuel efficiency calculator. Built on top of a restful API @FlexFuelCalc 5/34
6. Why Are Developing APIs So Gosh Darn Important? 6/34
7. Why Are Developing APIs So Gosh Darn Important? Becomes a reusable tool ! with various functions ! to make our lives easier. 7/34
8. What’s The Future of @FlexFuelCalc? 8/34
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10. Analytics Google Apps 10/34
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16. APIs enable flexibility reusability and creativity. 16/34
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18. Param Details Data In Node.js API Data Out 18/34
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20. What are some development strategies for designing an API? 20/34
21. Story Time!
22. Story of the great napkin 22/34
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24. Why didn’t work!?!? 24/34
25. Story of the drawing board wrestlers 25/34
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28. Imagination Land 28/34
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31. Recap 31/34
32. Why are APIs really, really, really, really, really, really, really, important! What are some collaboration development strategies? Recap 32/34
33. bit.ly/1nREpaE Brian Mulloy 33/34
34. Questions? @CalvinBushor 34/34