Balancing Flexibility and Ease in API Development

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what APIs are, the API standards that exist, and walk through the various layers of what goes into making an API.

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Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 02:40 What are APIs?
• 06:09 API Standards
• 13:56 What about GRPC?
• 15:52 What is TRPC?
• 19:19 Sponsor: Payments Hub
• 20:25 API Cake Layers
• mySQL
• Postgres
• Mongo DB
• SQLite
• SQLizer
• 26:51 Server layer
• 33:28 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 34:36 Authentication layer
• 43:28 Caching layer
• 46:09 Sponsor: Freshbooks
• 46:38 Client layer
• Prisma: Package, but also a service
• keystone: Package
• Strapi: Package
• Sanity: Service
• Prismic: Service
• Hasura: Open Source and Service
• Contentful
• https://hygraph.com/
• 48:01 Should I use x or y?
• 51:35 Tools
• GraphQL Playground
• Graphiql
• Postman
• Insomnia
• TablePlus
• Studio3T
• 56:27 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
• 00:20 Knife Talk

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• Scott: Sharp Pebble
• Wes: Laser level

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