Undisturbed REST

by Michael Stowe

Believe it or not, building an API is the easy part. What is far more challenging is to put together an API design that will stand the test of time, while also meeting your developers' needs. After all, no matter how well written your code may be, without a strong foundation, you will find your API quickly failing.

Undisturbed REST works to tackle this issue through the use of modern design techniques and technology, showing how to carefully design your API with your users and longevity in-mind, taking advantage of a design-first approach- while incorporating best practices and hard lessons learned. After reading Undisturbed REST, you'll have a strong understanding of APIs, best practices, and available tooling for designing, prototyping, sharing, documenting, and generating tooling (such as SDKs) around your API.

More importantly, you'll be equipped to design and build an API not just for today, but one that can stand the test of time and lead your application into tomorrow.

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Genres: Software, Programming, Technology

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2015

Reviews

[Tomáš · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not a bad book, it's just an introductory book. I've missed a couple of topics (such as URL mapping strategies) and some chapters need more experience and deeper analysis.

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent API reference/starting point. I would recommend this text to someone starting out or struggling with API concepts and implementation.

[Hibiscus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hustled through various tools and techniques.

- little practical wisdom
+ a whole bunch of references

[Daniel Laufer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book about building REST APIs, but a little too "referency"

[Shiyan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lack of more comprehensive examples to help understand REST design

[Brian Koser · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good starting point for a beginning REST API developer.