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API Portfolios for Everyone
Apr 22, 2023
Vaughn and John discuss API portfolios and monetization, covering topics such as API First, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and using APIs with DDD. They explore the concept of ESBs, messaging in API development, and API design patterns. The conversation also delves into converting data sources into service-compatible formats, API marketplaces, and upcoming discussions on internal API and DDD.
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- MuleSoft's API-led and API-first approach revolutionized the integration framework by allowing organizations to choose the appropriate backend technology and shifting the focus from ESBs to a more versatile integration framework.
- The increasing trend of external monetization and productization of APIs has given rise to new API management vendors, with sectors like financial services and healthcare exploring API monetization, while energy sectors are capitalizing on location-based data.
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ESBs and their Origin as Enterprise Service Buses
ESBs originated as an architectural pattern documented in the mid-2000s. They aimed to centralize the handling of SOAP APIs, providing mediation, routing, security, authentication, and reliable delivery. Initially, messaging brokers like JMS were used, and different implementations of ESBs emerged. However, ESBs faced challenges such as canonical data models being complicated and requiring consensus across different domains. They also posed scalability issues as central IT teams managed the bus, leading to bottlenecks in adding new services. These factors led to organizations operating in silos, rendering the ESB pattern less effective.
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