Mastering the Art of API Design

In this three-part series, we talk about API design: Why is the “API First” principle important for an organization? How do we design effective and safe APIs? What are the tools that can boost productivity? APIs are a set of protocols that define how system components interact with each other. As architectural styles evolve, APIs have gained prominence in recent years. The diagram below shows how the rise of microservices and cloud-native applications brings further granularity to services. In-process calls in monolithic applications transition to inter-process calls in microservice and serverless applications. Additionally, each process might reside on a different physical server, and service calls can fail due to various network issues.