Principles of Web API Design

By James Higginbotham,

Book cover of Principles of Web API Design: Delivering Value with APIs and Microservices

Book description

The Full-Lifecycle Guide to API Design

Principles of Web API Design brings together principles and processes to help you succeed across the entire API design lifecycle. Drawing on extensive in-the-trenches experience, leading consultant James Higginbotham helps you align every stakeholder on specific outcomes, design APIs that deliver value, and scale…


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

There are quite a few books on web API design, but James’ book is my favorite. I like how the book delves into not only the technology of web APIs but also James’ unique approach to API design—known as the Align Define Design Refine method (ADDR).

This methodical approach to API design begins by aligning the team on the business capabilities to be exposed by the API. Subsequently, the team can model and design the API operations that implement those capabilities using the techniques described in the book.

It is a valuable methodology to have in any software team's design…

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