Design and Build Great Web APIs
Mike Amundsen
APIs are transforming the business world at an increasing pace. Gain the essential skills needed to quickly design, build, and deploy quality web APIs that are robust, reliable, and resilient.
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🟢 Developer Verdict
Provides a practical guide to designing, building, and maintaining robust web APIs, covering the full lifecycle from creation to evolution with a focus on hypermedia.
Read this if
- ✓ You need a practical guide to the full API lifecycle.
- ✓ You want to understand server-side API considerations.
- ✓ You are exploring hypermedia principles in API design.
Skip this for now if
- ✗ You are seeking client-side API consumption strategies.
- ✗ You prefer hands-on, language-specific coding tutorials.
- ✗ You are new to software development concepts entirely.
🔄 Compare & Reading Path
📊 Why Developers Recommend
It develops architectural thinking and design judgment.
Referenced by multiple developers, suggesting consistent practical value.
Praised for its breadth and depth, covering a wide range of topics that serve as both a learning resource and a long-term reference.
💬 What Developers Say
"This blog post is also made possible by the authors below who have made learning APIs a joy."
— raphael_jambalos · Develop Frontend Apps Faster with OpenAPI 3.0 and Prism Mock Server · Mar 25, 2021
"This blog post is also made possible by the authors below who have made learning APIs a joy."
— raphael_jambalos · Create Reliable & Easy-to-use APIs with API First Design · Mar 19, 2021
"His most recent book (Design and Build Great Web APIs. Nov 2019.), as of the time of this writing, covers a lot of the server-side considerations: testing, deploying, shutting down, evolving, continuous integration, etc. of the hypermedia orientation."
— dualyticalchemy · Introducing Domain-driven Hypermedia-oriented Design (DHD) · Oct 19, 2020
Based on 4 developer article mentions
👤 Who Should Read This
Best for
- • Engineers involved in system design and architecture
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