HTML Hypermedia APIs and Adaptive Web Design – video and slides
At Nordic APIs in Stockholm Gustaf Kotte from Jayway talked about how to use Hypermedia APIs delivering HTML together with Adaptive Web Design. It is a really good presentation that got a lot of...
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APIs, Firefox OS, and a Chance to Win a Free Phone
The Firefox OS (FFOS) is an exciting and innovative new product that presents consumers and mobile workers with new choices and options. Its application development model which revolves around HTML5,...
View ArticleUsing APIs in Sound Engineering
APIs have brought forward massive processing power and functionality to the world of sound engineering and design. This innovation, utilizing powerful hardware to software synergy and browser-based...
View ArticleDesigning a True REST State Machine
There are many misconceptions surrounding what exactly Representational State Transfer (REST) is. The prime of which is the concept of hypermedia, or defined in full context, Hypermedia as the engine...
View ArticleUsing JSON-LD To Establish Semantic Linked Data
The world-wide web is a powerful tool, and much of this power is driven from the relational intersections between web pages, the data these pages host, and their further relations to other web pages...
View Article7 Growing API Design Trends
The API world is one of constant evolution and mutation. The data that we dealt with in the 1990s is not the same as the data we might deal with in 2017, and because of this, our APIs have had to...
View Article8 Ways That Plugging Into APIs Helps Business
Due to the nature of APIs, the discussion is often of a technical nature. While this is fine for the world’s engineers and data managers, the fact is that an API has just as many business benefits as...
View ArticleWhat is the Richardson Maturity Model?
While most developers are aware of Roy Fielding and REST, fewer may be aware of the Richardson Maturity Model. Though the Richardson Maturity Model is often considered more esoteric in comparison to...
View ArticleTools to Make HATEOAS Compliance Easier
HATEOAS is, in essence, a value proposition and definition for what an API should do. HATEOAS, or Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State, is a specific constraint upon the REST architecture. For...
View ArticleAustin API Summit Wrap Up
Mic check. 1-2-3. Earlier this week, Nordic APIs held a 2.5 day event, jam-packed with workshops, 30 speakers, and critical insights on building success in the API ecosystem. This was our first ever...
View ArticleIs REST Still a Relevant API Style?
What kind of API style should you be using? From SOAP, to REST, GraphQL, and new styles like gRPC, there are many competing standards for designing APIs and the way consumers interact with them. We’ve...
View ArticleUsing Hypermedia To Design Event-Driven UIs
Some of the most powerful tech is now built fully on an API backbone. Web APIs are great because they can deliver data and functionality over HTTP — or other protocols — meaning agnostic client...
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Hydra for Hypermedia APIs: Benefits, Components, and Examples
What if API clients could explore and understand resources at runtime? Instead of being hardcoded against specific versions of specific APIs, they’d be able to identify accessible data and...
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Authentication as a Hypermedia API
User Authentication — the process of answering the question of who someone is — has evolved greatly over the last few years. From the dawn of computer security until fairly recently, User...
View Article10 API Economy Terms You Should Know
An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of computer functions to access data and features for apps and operating systems. Understanding how APIs work allows you to take advantage of them...
View ArticleExploring The Hidden Powers of Hypermedia
In the context of APIs, hypermedia as the engine of application state is one of the core constraints of REST, the guiding light for web application design outlined by Roy Fielding in his pivotal 2000...
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8 Ways That Plugging Into APIs Helps Business
Due to the nature of APIs, the discussion is often of a technical nature. While this is fine for the world’s engineers and data managers, the fact is that an API has just as many business benefits as...
View ArticleUnraveling the Mystery: Understanding HATEOAS
Are you puzzled by the acronym HATEOAS? If you’re new to web development, you may not even know what it stands for, let alone understand what it means. Fear not — we’re here to help! In this blog post,...
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