JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

How to design a great API


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Suz, Amal, and Chris join Jerod to discuss what APIs are all about, share some APIs they admire, and lay out principles and practices we can all use in our APIs.

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  • Featuring:

    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
    • Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
    • Amal Hussein – GitHub, X

    Show Notes:

    Special thanks to Thomas Eckert for requesting this episode (and sending in that awesome audio clip reading the request)! You can request episodes too, right here on our episode request form.

    • Stripe’s latest Increment Magazine is focused on the topic of APIs! 🙌🏻
    • This Increment article in particular is a great commentary on how APIs need to change to support future computer software
    • An ode to jQuery
    • GraphQL Bacon
    • Azure Cognitive Services
    • Twilio
    • Scratch
    • SOLID
    • What up, docs
    • Chesterton’s Fence
    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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