Part 3: Hands-on Code ← Part 2: Under the Hood In Part 1 we discussed how API communication can be layered as protocol + communication style + data format, and how different scenarios call for di...

API Patterns — Part 2: Under the Hood ← Part 1: The Decision Framework Part 1 gave you the decision framework — which style to reach for given a set of requirements. This part explains why each o...

API Patterns — Part 1: The Decision Framework When building a system, one of the first questions you face is: how will clients interact with it? Do they request and wait for a response? Do they n...