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Writing Patterns for API Design

Feb 7, 2023
The podcast discusses the process of writing patterns for API design, including the motivation behind the book and the challenges of collaborative writing. They also explore the transition from website to book and the importance of hands-on experience. Other topics include pattern mining and naming, book refinement, and writing books during lockdown.
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Quick takeaways

  • Patterns in API design help improve quality attributes, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  • The pagination pattern provides performant alternatives for handling large result sets, while the context representation pattern addresses metadata transmission in API requests.

Deep dives

The Book: Patterns for API Design

Patterns for API Design is a new book authored by Daniel Lubeke and a team of co-authors. The book focuses on capturing API design experience and providing a neutral, technology-agnostic approach to solving common API design problems.

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