Patterns for API Design

By Olaf Zimmermann, Mirko Stocker, Daniel Lubke , Uwe Zdun , Cesare Pautasso

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Proven Patterns for Designing Evolvable High-Quality APIs--For Any Domain, Technology, or Platform

APIs enable breakthrough innovation and digital transformation in organizations and ecosystems of all kinds. To create user-friendly, reliable and well-performing APIs, architects, designers, and developers need expert design guidance. This practical guide cuts through the complexity of API…

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1 author picked Patterns for API Design as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is the API design patterns book. I love this book because it provides a comprehensive set of well-described and easy-to-reference API design patterns. It establishes a common domain vocabulary for discussing APIs. Each pattern comes with a UML diagram that gives it a level of exactness and makes it quickly parseable. Even without reading the full description of a pattern, I can look at its UML diagram and promptly get its essence.

The book is divided into three parts. There are multiple reading paths through the book—so I didn’t need to read it end to end in a sequential…

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