In the API realm, one of the most rewarding practices a developer can undertake is to unify their system functionality. Having disparate updates, library versioning, and documentation can harm the user through confusion and obsolescence, can harm the provider with rough updates, and can harm the API itself through low adoption and retention rates. Read more
If businesses could sense emotion using tech at all times, they could capitalize on it to sell to the consumer in the opportune moment. Sound like 1984? The truth is that it’s not that far from reality. Machine emotional intelligence is a burgeoning frontier that could have huge consequences in not only advertising, but in new startups, healthcare, wearables, education, and more. Read more
Shipping a great API isn’t just about exposing an endpoint in a RESTful manner. Yes, plenty of developer users will be fine making HTTP requests, but for some, that is not enough. Whether community curated or vendor supplied, code libraries are often created to help extend an application programming interface — API — into specific languages. Read more
During the course of this article, you’ll come to understand the actions to take as well as the most important challenges to address during an API’s Development phase. We’ll consider what implementation options are available and explore API Management and why it matters. Read more
[Editor’s note: This is a part of a series of blog posts summarizing the proceedings from the recent Nordic Tour.]
We were very fortunate to have Holger Reinhardt, Product Architect & Business Developer at Layer 7, with us for part of the recent Nordic Tour. Read more
