Slides for the panel on API perspectives & Maturing APIs at Gluecon 2011. Discussion with William Oellermann; Jeff Hoffman, and Ben Kepes

1. APIs power MVC for the WEb Panel thoughts: Achieving API Maturity @ Gluecon 2011 Steven Willmott / 3scale networks steve@3scale.net http://www.3scale.net @njyx

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3. MVC (Model / View / Controller) Wildly Successful Architectural Pattern for Application Development

4. APIs are spreading across the web Seem like random points of data, each with their own rules, features, functions and value

5. These two things have nothing do with each other right? (apart from in the obvious way)

6. Maybe they Do…

7. MVC is Model / View / Controller MODEL = DATA Model VIEW = FORM View Controller CONTROLLER = BUSINESS LOGIC

8. Lots of Frameworks Originally described for Smalltalk at Xerox Park (copyrights / respectiveowners)

9. MVC has Revolutionized Software Web App Development

10. Clear separation between Data, Presentation & Business Logic

11. First : MVC Applications Model Separate at Design Time View Baked together at Run Time Controller

12. Then : MVC SAAS Model Separate at Design Time View Separate at Deploy Time Baked together at Run Time Controller

13. So What does this have to do with APIs?

14. Actually Yes - APIs Enable Separation of Concerns:

15. Across the Web

16. Across Companies

17. Example… Model View Controller Data Anywhere in any form Third parties operating on data Many Delivery Channels

18. ExampleModels Model Data Anywhere in any form (copyrights / respectiveowners)

19. Example: Views View Many Delivery Channels (copyrights / respectiveowners)

20. Example: Controllers Controller Many Delivery Channels (copyrights / respectiveowners)

21. APIsEnableSeparation & Focus Model View Controller Data Anywhere in any form Third parties operating on data Many Delivery Channels APIs / Integration / Ecosystems

22. Impact Value More value from existing assets FocusonCore Business Speed Time to Market Leverage Ecosystems are strength

23. ArchitecturalPatterns MODELS: Push / Pull Data CONTROLLERS: TransformorOrchestrate VIEWS: Integrate and Visualise

24. API Maturity

25. Trends: Convergence MODELS: Consolidation (e.g. TwitterModelforblogging) CONTROLLERS: Similarities in CommunicationsAPIs VIEWS: EmergingWinningPlatforms WithEyeballs

26. Trends: Internet Operating System (Tim O’Reilly) Advertising Location Activity Streams Identity & Social Graph Image & Speech Recognition Government Data Search Payment Time Media Access (Auth / Caching / Analytics) Communications (Email, IM, …) Storage Compute Power Connectivity

27. Trends: Enabling components Search Advertising Location Media Access Time Identify & Social Graph Communications C.f. Tim O’Reilly

28. The Internet Operating System Emerging Advertising Location Activity Streams Identity & Social Graph Image & Speech Recognition Government Data Search Payment Time Media Access (Auth / Caching / Analytics) Communications (Email, IM, …) Storage Compute Power Connectivity (copyrights / respectiveowners)

29. Conclusions

30. APIs enable separation of concern – MVC patterns are emerging across the Web

31. An “Internet Operating System” may not be that far away

32. Thank You to Gluecon! Steven Willmott / 3scale networks Find 3scale at http://www.3scale.net Find me at steve@3scale.net & @njyx

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