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“Experience API” defines Every API

Admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:21:18 +0000

Daniel Jacobson, Director of Engineering – Netflix API, uses some terms in his post, The future of API design: The orchestration layer, that are making things difficult for those of us trying to communicate in the API space. Specifically, the two terms, “API Orchestration Layer” and “Experience API.” These are neither accurate nor meaningful. Let me explain… … Continue reading "“Experience API” defines Every API"

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RestExpress API Application Layers

Todd — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:50:14 +0000

Here’s a quickie video describing the application layers of a RestExpress application when one of the Maven Archetypes is used to create a new RestExpress project. http://youtu.be/ZFqjvNiB-hY To summarize: Visibility or “awareness” goes down. Meaning that a layer can call (or know about) the layer immediately below it, but an application layer cannot call the layer … Continue reading "RestExpress API Application Layers"

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The Commoditization of the User Interface

Todd — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:28:18 +0000

The public face of a business system is its user interface (UI)–the part the end-user sees. Businesses often think in terms of user interface design. Many times they also consider it the facet that gives them an edge in their market (the “killer app”). Being overly concerned with the UI first, focusing on what the web … Continue reading "The Commoditization of the User Interface"

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Building a 1×12 Guitar Speaker Cabinet

Todd — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:09:11 +0000

As an amateur electric guitarist, one eventually begins to seek a better sound. Tube amps are supposed to be the bomb, right? Well, some time ago, I bought a Blackheart Little Giant 5 amp, used. It’s a single-channel 5W, single-ended, class A amp powered by an EL84 and voiced through a 12AX7 preamp tube. Not … Continue reading "Building a 1×12 Guitar Speaker Cabinet"

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RestExpress Still Top Performing MongoDB REST Framework

Todd — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:55:03 +0000

Round six of the TechEmpower.com Web Framework benchmarks were published on July 2, 2013, which show RestExpress 0.9.2 as still the best performing REST Framework against MongoDB (2.2.4) for single-query, CRUD-style operations. At 63,209 responses per second on an i7-2600K (with 8GB memory) and 7,547 responses per second on an AWS EC2 m1.large instance, it ranked 10th … Continue reading "RestExpress Still Top Performing MongoDB REST Framework"

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Idempotency in REST APIs

Todd — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:26:54 +0000

Idempotence is sometimes a confusing concept, especially when you try to understand the academic definition. However, understanding what makes a REST API operation idempotent is simple with the concept introduced in this short, somewhat humorous look at Idempotency in Cows & REST APIs…

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What to Use as Identifiers (IDs) in REST APIs

Todd — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:18:20 +0000

TIP: Publicly exposed identifiers (IDs), such as those exposed in your RESTful URLs, should not expose underlying technology. And in most cases, should not contain business meaning. For a long time it’s been good practice to ensure that primary keys in your database tables do not contain business semantics so that it doesn’t change when the … Continue reading "What to Use as Identifiers (IDs) in REST APIs"

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REST API Versioning: Good, Bad or Ugly?

Todd — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:03:56 +0000

The Prelims There are a lot of efforts and words spent around making sure we account for the changes of business in our RESTful services. One of those ‘contingencies’ we often account for is versioning of resources and/or representations. Historically, versioning recommendations were often the following: Place a version number, something like ‘v1’, in the … Continue reading "REST API Versioning: Good, Bad or Ugly?"

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Instant REST Services with RESTExpress Q&A

Todd — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:25:55 +0000

This is a follow-on to my last two posts, Introduction to REST (Revisited) and RESTExpress Overview and Tutorial, with this short video being the Q&A after the presentation. In it, the video talks about authentication, authorization, and some of the RESTExpress features around sorting, filtering and performance. It’s a quickie, but it’s always nice to … Continue reading "Instant REST Services with RESTExpress Q&A"

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RESTExpress Overview and Tutorial

Todd — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:56:55 +0000

In my last post, Intro to REST (Revisited), as well as discussing the six constraints of the REST architectural style, the video discussed the background for the Java Rest Service Framework, RESTExpress and introduces a sample project. The video below is part two of the presentation, where we dive in and create a real, working … Continue reading "RESTExpress Overview and Tutorial"

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