Your API is So 2006 - Dreamforce 2011
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Don't expect internal, partner, and open developers to build 2011 apps and integrations with 2006 API formats, chatty protocols and outputs. PuSH! RESTful! JSON! oh my.
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- 1. Your API is So 2006 Delyn Simons @delynator, @mashery #df11 August 2011
- 4. <you think?>
- 7. 7 Accelerating Growth of APIs Total APIs over time Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 9. “Their API is so 2006.”
- 10. “Their API is so awesome.”
- 12. Who are developers? What do they want? How can you help them get what they want?
- 13. Developers are 21st century craftsmen Photo Credit: flickr.com/tom_w_bn
- 14. and women Photo Credit: © Eric Roth
- 15. Developers build stuff Photo Credit: flickr.com/mashery
- 16. Developers solve problems Photo Credit: flickr.com/delynator
- 17. Developers tinker and prototype Photo Credit: flickr.com/techcrunch
- 18. Developers change the game
- 19. Developers rely on tools to practice their trade Photo Credit: © Eric Roth
- 21. Who are developers? What do they want? How can I help them get what they want?
- 22. Tools and terms of service they can rely on Photo Credit: © Eric Roth
- 23. API Integration Pain Survey Survey conducted by YourTrove, Inc. August 2011
- 24. Results Chart by ProgrammableWeb. Survey conducted by YourTrove, Inc. August 2011
- 25. Treat your API like a core part of your business “It’s not what we set out to find, but it deserves to be said again: API providers are doing a horrible job of serving their developers well. This is a huge problem.” Survey conducted by YourTrove, Inc. August 2011
- 26. Who are developers? What do they want? How can I help them get what they want?
- 27. Tools and terms of service they can rely on Photo Credit: © Eric Roth
- 28. “Their API is so 2006.”
- 29. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success
- 32. REST vs. SOAP: Simplicity wins again 32 Distribution of API protocols and styles Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 33. 33 REST vs. SOAP: Simplicity wins Distribution of API protocols and styles Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 34. JSON Rising: 55% of new APIs support JSON 34 Percentage of new APIs with JSON support Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 35. 20% of new APIs support only JSON 35 Percentage of new APIs with only JSON support Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 36. 1 in every 5 new APIs: “goodbye XML” 36 Percentage of APIs with XML support Based on directory of 3,200 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2011
- 37. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success (upside + downside)
- 38. Chat Less, Do More with Push Notifications
- 41. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success (upside + downside)
- 44. Ability to make live API calls within documentation
- 45. API call, HTTP header and response displayed
- 48. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success (upside + downside)
- 49. Restructuring for Internal, Partner Growth
- 50. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success
- 51. APIs since 2006
- 53. Mainstream Success – Who’s Next?
- 54. Modern API management trends Please Drop the SOAP Chat Less, Do More Interactive Documentation Growing of internal and partner API usage Mainstream API Success
- 55. Thank you!Your feedback is a gift. Delyn Simons @delynator, @mashery #df11 August 2011
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- [ go over bullets ]Sample calls are no longer static pieces of documentation that can get outdated. With live API calls available within the documentation, you are guaranteed never to have non-functional outdated examples.