Introduction to APIs from a Business Perspective by Shafqat Islam, Founder an...Aika Sawai Nakashima
Introduction to APIs from a Business Perspective
by Shafqat Islam, Founder and CEO, Newscred (http://newscred.com)
This slide was used for a lecture held at General Assembly on Tuesday, April 19th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
What are APIs, and why do they matter? This course will give students a practical introduction to the business of APIs, including examples of successful APIs in the wild, examples of applications built on top of APIs and mashups. In addition, the class will discuss the advantages and challenges of building an API for your business, including revenue model considerations and examples drawn from Newscred's experience.
Shafqat is responsible for expanding NewCred's Platform services business, oversees the sales function and manages the strategic growth of the company. Prior to this, he was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch and part of the technology management team at Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse. Shafqat graduated with a dual degree in Computer Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
http://introtoapis.eventbrite.com/
JavaScript as a Server side language (NodeJS): JSConf 2011, DhakaNurul Ferdous
This document provides an overview of NodeJS and ExpressJS. It discusses NodeJS as a server-side JavaScript platform and how its asynchronous and event-driven model provides benefits over traditional synchronous approaches. ExpressJS is introduced as a popular web framework built on NodeJS that provides routing, templating and other features to build web applications. The document demonstrates basic usage of NodeJS and ExpressJS.
Introduction to APIs from a Business Perspective by Shafqat Islam, Founder an...Aika Sawai Nakashima
Introduction to APIs from a Business Perspective
by Shafqat Islam, Founder and CEO, Newscred (http://newscred.com)
This slide was used for a lecture held at General Assembly on Tuesday, April 19th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
What are APIs, and why do they matter? This course will give students a practical introduction to the business of APIs, including examples of successful APIs in the wild, examples of applications built on top of APIs and mashups. In addition, the class will discuss the advantages and challenges of building an API for your business, including revenue model considerations and examples drawn from Newscred's experience.
Shafqat is responsible for expanding NewCred's Platform services business, oversees the sales function and manages the strategic growth of the company. Prior to this, he was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch and part of the technology management team at Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse. Shafqat graduated with a dual degree in Computer Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
http://introtoapis.eventbrite.com/
JavaScript as a Server side language (NodeJS): JSConf 2011, DhakaNurul Ferdous
This document provides an overview of NodeJS and ExpressJS. It discusses NodeJS as a server-side JavaScript platform and how its asynchronous and event-driven model provides benefits over traditional synchronous approaches. ExpressJS is introduced as a popular web framework built on NodeJS that provides routing, templating and other features to build web applications. The document demonstrates basic usage of NodeJS and ExpressJS.
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Scatec Solar was awarded preferred bidder status for three solar power plant projects totaling 258 MW in South Africa. The plants will be located in Upington in the Northern Cape region. Scatec Solar's CEO said the projects will represent one of the largest solar parks ever realized and will increase their asset base in Africa by 60%. Financial close is expected later in 2015 while construction is slated to begin in early 2017.
REG-Scatec Solar awarded 258 MW in latest bidding round in South Africaminiatureafterl18
Scatec Solar was awarded preferred bidder status for three solar power plant projects totaling 258 MW in South Africa. The plants will be located in Upington in the Northern Cape region. Scatec Solar's CEO said the projects will represent one of the largest solar parks ever realized and will increase their asset base in Africa by 60%. Financial close is expected later in 2015 while construction is slated to begin in early 2017.
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NewsCred nabs $42M to expand beyond content marketing
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Techmeme: NewsCred nabs $42M to expand beyond content marketing (Barry Levine/VentureBeat)
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