Meetup 39: Tool Chains for API Design

Tool Chains for API Design
April 20th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

*** ATTENTION: We have shifted the start time for this meeting! We will now start our social time at 5:30 and presentations will begin at 6:00! This is our plan for this meeting and all other meetings moving forward. Please let us know if you have questions/concerns. Thanks! ***

April Topic – Tool Chains for API Design

Do you find that your teams don’t create consumable APIs…so much as private handshakes between mobile apps and a server tier?  When you look to have other teams consume your services, are you challenged by the documentation you have – or the fuzziness of the contracts in place?   This talk will focus on how to address that, and how to target first-class APIs versus “yet another endpoint” to support.  We’ll look at tools to help you accomplish this at the design, build, test, and operational phases.

Presented by Scott Colestock
Scott Colestock is a long-time independent contractor in the Twin Cities.  He focuses on mobile and cloud architecture with startups and enterprises alike, with companies including LiquidSpace, AgriSync, Riptide, and Polaris Industries.