The document explains the significance of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in software development, highlighting their efficiency in saving developers' time, automating app testing, and enhancing social engagement. It discusses emerging trends such as API-driven infrastructure for multicloud management and the growing adoption of API marketplace solutions that enable enterprises to manage APIs effectively. Additionally, it mentions tools like Apigee and MuleSoft that support hybrid API management and developer portal functionalities.

1. API Trends
Juan Carlos Rejon Estrada
Eduardo Alanís Rodríguez
Adrián Alejandro Cruz Alanis

2. What’s
an API?
 API stands for application programming interface, which
is a set of definitions and protocols for building and
integrating application software.
 They let your product or service communicate with other
products and services without having to know how
they’re implemented.

3. Why are API’s
so
important?
There are three main reasons
about the impotance of APIs,
these are:
 Saves Devloper’s Time
 Help Automate App Testing
 Social Engagement

4. Why are
API’s so
important?
 Saves Developer’s time: APIs can save a considerable
amount of time. It eliminates the task of writing endless
lines of code, thus shorten the app development cycle and
reducing the coding errors.

5. Why are API’s so important?
 Help Automate App Testing: With a faster
application building process, the otherwise
manual testing process gets automated, ensuring
that one of the bugs remain undetected. Thus,
helping developers deliver an app that stands high
on both – quality and user expectations.

6. Why are
API’s so
important?
 Social Engagement: Social media are no longer a mode
of entertainment; they are now a modern way of living.
Connecting APIs of popular platforms like Facebook,
Twitter, etc. allows the users to share the content, post
comments, and leave reviews directly without having to
create a different username.

7. Trend 9
Complete API-driven infrastructure
proves efficient in handling multiple
cloud platforms

8.  API-driven infrastructure provides the ability to set up
infrastructure in the cloud or on-premises with the use of
programming languajes and libraries, changing inefficient
methods.
 In the past, inefficient methods such as shell scripting
involved significant manual efforts to set up a platform. All
hyperscaler management console platforms now provide
the APIs interface to manage the infrastructure.
Trend 9

9. Trend 9
 Many hyperscalers have come up with multicloud
management platforms, such as AWS Outpost, Azure Arc,
and Google Anthos.
 These platforms provide the APIs interface to manage,
provision and audit their hyperscaler infrastructure or on-
premise infrastructure

10. Trend 10
Enterprises increasingly adopt API
Marketplace solutions.

11. Trend 10
 The API Marketplace platform solutions enable
enterprises to integrate a single governance framework
for multi-API gateways.
 API marketplaces are allowing businesses to aggregate
APIs and create a space for developers to upload,
distribute and monetize APIs quickly. It also lists APIs
based on categories making them easier to discover and
to compare between others.

12. Trend 10
 The API management tool provides the
ability to discover the service, integrate to
create security tokens and enable
monitoring.
 The Apigee and MuleSoft tools provide the
capability to support hybrid API
management. These platforms support all
dimensions of API management, developer
portal allowing developers to register with
the system, create APIs, provision
credentials, subscribe to APIs, and view
documentation.