REST

Creating an API style guide

I was recently asked for my favorite resources and best practices for writing clear and structured API docs. I’ve developed my own style for writing API docs, but up until now I haven’t …

Getting started with Postman

I’ve written about REST APIs before, but up until now I haven’t covered the easiest way to get started interacting with them. Created by Abhinav Asthana in 2012 as a side project to …

Getting started with REST APIs

REST (representational state transfer) APIs (application programming interfaces) have been around since the turn of the century, when they were defined by Dr. Roy Fielding in his doctoral …

An introduction to API first

This week’s article is the long-promised expansion of the lightning talk I gave at SUGCON 2022 in Budapest. If you’re coming fresh to the subject, you might like to read my earlier …