Join us for a one-hour, introductory Postman learning session geared specifically for developers, API architects, and anyone involved in producing APIs. We'll walk through an overview of the OpenAPI specification as well as tips and best practices around using an API-first approach.
API Developer Experience: Why it Matters, and How Documenting Your API with S...SmartBear
Whether you’re new to Swagger, or have already been using the framework for API design, there’s a good chance you still have questions about how to improve your API documentation. Creating API documentation your consumers will love can take some work, but the investment will have a significant payoff in the form of a great developer experience, easier implementation, and improved adoption of your API.
This presentation covers good developer experience in detail, focusing on why and how to provide an optimal experience for developers using your API. We will also cover how Swagger has changed the API design and documentation landscape, and finally show some good practices for API documentation using Swagger in SwaggerHub’s integrated API development platform.
Things to expect in this webinar:
What is Developer Experience (DX)?
What does it mean for an API to have good DX?
API documentation in the context of good DX?
An introduction to the Swagger framework
Designing APIs from a usability perspective using Swagger and SwaggerHub
An overview of the Paypal PPaaS (Paypal as a Service) program. API portfolio management, goal-oriented design, design-first methodology, mocking. Decentralization of function through education and internal evangelism
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Join us for a one-hour, introductory Postman learning session geared specifically for developers, API architects, and anyone involved in producing APIs. We'll walk through an overview of the OpenAPI specification as well as tips and best practices around using an API-first approach.
API Developer Experience: Why it Matters, and How Documenting Your API with S...SmartBear
Whether you’re new to Swagger, or have already been using the framework for API design, there’s a good chance you still have questions about how to improve your API documentation. Creating API documentation your consumers will love can take some work, but the investment will have a significant payoff in the form of a great developer experience, easier implementation, and improved adoption of your API.
This presentation covers good developer experience in detail, focusing on why and how to provide an optimal experience for developers using your API. We will also cover how Swagger has changed the API design and documentation landscape, and finally show some good practices for API documentation using Swagger in SwaggerHub’s integrated API development platform.
Things to expect in this webinar:
What is Developer Experience (DX)?
What does it mean for an API to have good DX?
API documentation in the context of good DX?
An introduction to the Swagger framework
Designing APIs from a usability perspective using Swagger and SwaggerHub
An overview of the Paypal PPaaS (Paypal as a Service) program. API portfolio management, goal-oriented design, design-first methodology, mocking. Decentralization of function through education and internal evangelism
An overview of the Paypal PPaaS (Paypal as a Service) program. API portfolio management, goal-oriented design, design-first methodology, mocking. Decentralization of function through education and internal evangelism
Architecting Developer Experience: Fintech and Banking Devportal Case StudiesPronovix
To provide great DX, we need to tackle API friction (the resistance developers experience while using your API) along the developer journey stages and apply developer marketing techniques.
Architecting DX: Banking & FinTech Developer Portals Case Studies (APIDays Pa...Kathleen De Roo
To provide great DX, we need to tackle API friction (the resistance developers experience while using your API) along the developer journey stages and apply developer marketing techniques. The success of a developer portal is very much influenced by how users feel along their journey and afterwards. Do your resources match their needs and expectations to reach a specific goal? How can you make sure users can onboard easily? Which documentation types match the journey stages best and provide the best documentation experience? How can you make sure you don’t constrain users? How can you engage developers, even turn them into your advocates?
This talk focuses on public-facing (external) banking and fintech developer portals and show many examples of the current best practices and patterns, spiced up with in-house research results
APIdays Paris - Architecting Developer eXperience: Banking & FinTech Develope...apidays
Architecting Developer eXperience: Banking & FinTech Developer Portals Case Studies
Kathleen De Roo, Information Architect & Tech Writer, Pronovix
Apply to be a speaker here - https://apidays.typeform.com/to/J1snsg
Sample code and documentation are important when engaging a developer audience, but what are the guidelines? How can you maintain consistent tone across languages, platforms, and levels of developer experience? We'll compare some leading developer documentation sites and discuss strategies for keeping documentation and sample code content consistent, comprehensive, and concise.
This talk was given by Anya Stettler at GlueCon 2015.
Sample code and documentation are important when engaging a developer audience, but what are the guidelines? How can you maintain consistent tone across languages, platforms, and levels of developer experience? We'll compare some leading developer documentation sites and discuss strategies for keeping documentation and sample code content consistent, comprehensive, and concise.
INTERFACE by apidays 2023 - API Design Governance, Nauman Ali, Stoplightapidays
INTERFACE by apidays 2023
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June 28 & 29, 2023
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https://apidays.typeform.com/to/ILJeAaV8
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Explore the API ecosystem with the API Landscape:
https://apilandscape.apiscene.io/
Foundations of a Successful Developer Platform - DeveloperWeek 2015Kamyar Mohager
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apidays LIVE Australia 2021 - Designing Embedded Platforms by Jeremy Glassenb...apidays
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Familiarity with programming: If you have a background in programming or scripting languages, such as Python, Java, or JavaScript, you may find it easier to learn API testing. Understanding basic programming concepts like variables, functions, and control flow will be beneficial.
Understanding of HTTP and APIs: Having knowledge of the HTTP protocol and how APIs work is crucial for API testing. You should be familiar with concepts like endpoints, request methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), status codes (200, 404, etc.), and request/response structures.
Testing concepts: Understanding software testing fundamentals, such as test planning, test cases, and test data management, will help you in designing and executing effective API tests.
Familiarity with testing tools: Learning API testing frameworks and tools like Postman, REST Assured, or Newman can streamline the process and make it easier for you to write and execute tests.
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Main focus of the talk is to communicate some key concepts of designing/implementing APIs based on an enterprise grade API Standards and Guidelines. We will try to handcraft few API recipes(i.e. implementation design) with real-life examples mixed with a live coding session. While working on each recipe, we will delve into the rationale behind design decisions and best practices. We believe that these concepts will help a developer build a comprehensive API solution from scratch.
One of the greatest challenges to developing an API is ensuring that your API lasts. After all, you don’t want to have to release and manage multiple versions of your API just because you weren’t expecting users to use it a certain way, or because you didn’t anticipate far enough down the roadmap. In this session, we’ll talk about the challenge of API Longevity, as well as ways to increase your API lifecycle including having a proper mindset, careful design, agile user experience and prototyping, best design practices including hypermedia, and the challenge of maintaining persistence.
Summarizing some common mistakes when building/launching a new API. Additionally, some strategies to follow in order to create the best product in an API.
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Session Description: Have you ever thought about building your own chatbot to help developers be more successful using your APIs? Well, we made one for Plaid’s documentation site, and in this talk, I’ll cover some of the things we learned!
This presentation will cover topics like:
– How does it work? What does it mean to “train” a bot on your docs?
– Setting appropriate expectations: Do you still need to write documentation? Do you still need a support team?
– The trade-offs around building your own vs. buying a 3rd party solution
– Some decisions around the underlying tech
– How to build a decent “conversational mode” so you can ask follow-up questions
– How you evaluate the quality of a chatbot, and some surprises we ecountered along the way
– What do you do when things go wrong?
– Security considerations
And much more! Actually, probably not that much more. That already sounds like a lot.
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https://www.apiscene.io
Explore the API ecosystem with the API Landscape:
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Session Description: Sure, we could have hired someone to (re)create our developer portal, developer.sas.com. However, we wanted the freedom to build our portal from the ground up. But, it takes more than an API architect and a developer advocate to create a modern, interactive developer experience. This session provides an overview of the steps we took to relaunch the SAS AI and analytics platform developer portal. Who was involved? How did we accomplish what we wanted to build? We’ll explore the stakeholders involved, the importance of open-source technologies, and why focusing on the developer’s perspective matters. This is not a marketing pitch to promote SAS services. Instead, it’s a detailed look at the process we followed to deploy our new developer portal.
How Netflix Uses Data Abstraction to Operate Services at Scale - Vidhya Arvin...Nordic APIs
A presentation given by Vidhya Arvind, Staff Software Engineer, Netflix, at our 2024 Austin API Summit, March 12-13.
Session Description: At Netflix, Data abstraction plays a pivotal role in hosting 100s of use cases that scale, they are widely adopted and depended on by mission-critical systems. In this talk, I show how to design reliable APIs and layout data for Key-Value services for petabyte-scale datasets. Key-value service uses a control plane and data plane to abstract the data, uses some novel techniques to reliably store and safely scale the service to 100s of instances.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
6. API documentation is a set of
mostly written functions of an API
and how to use it.
7. Why do I care?
★ Lack of Consistency
★ No clear descriptions
★ Difficult to get started
8. What I have learnt
Tip 1: Read the documentation
- Understand endpoint definitions
- Status and error codes
- Limitations of the APIs
- Authentication
9. What I have learnt
Tip 2: What is the use case?
- Who will use this? It helps to clearly segment the audience
- Show multiple use of endpoints to achieve a goal for instance making
an or order for payments API or lead funnel for marketing
- Accessibility
10. What I have learnt
Tip 3: Sandbox/ Runable code
- It might be beneficial to get input from others functions, eg presales
*Lowest possible barrier to getting started
- Be more descriptive/instructional, for instance;
A. Download this code
B. Replace API Key
C. Run Code
11. What I have learnt
Tip 4: Having consistency across documentation, coverage and logic.
- Language and consistency examples eg Java .Net capabilities and
idiomatic code.
- Developers for developers: Not all users of docs have experience
with APIs so keep it entry level, maybe use doc tools
- Keep the portal flexible enough to adapt to changes eg support of
other programming languages or API types.
12. What is your preferred way of learning about
platform APIs and usage? Videos, blogs,
tutorials, talks, workshops, conferences?
13. What I have learnt
Tip 5: Don’t sleep on the changelog
Quickly scan for any changes, for instance:
- Deprecation
- Breaking changes,
- New required parameters,
- Versioning,
- New endpoints etc
14. What I have learnt
Tip 6: Maintenance
- Update strategy
*Analyse what endpoints might require more tutorials, details or
improvements.
- Automate the process?
*From OpenAI to postman
15. What I have learnt
Tip 7: Leave it better than you found it
- Create a PR
- Raise an issue
- Give feedback
*Broken links
*Unusual/unexpected behaviour
*Great docs
16. Where to Find Me
LinkedIn: Gertrude Chilufya Westrin
17. “If a human has to explain an API and
how to use it, the documentation has
not served its purpose”
Sharath-Medium.