Central Iowa Software Symposium
September 12 - 13, 2024
API Design I : The REST Architectural Style
Friday - Sep 13 8:15 AM CDT - CONCORD C
Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) by definition are directed at software developers. They should, therefore, strive to be useful and easy to use for developers. However, when engaging design elements from the Web, they can be useful in much larger ways than simply serializing states in JSON.
There is no right or perfect API design. There are, however, elements and choices that induce certain properties. This workshop will walk you through various approaches to help you find the developer experience and long-term strategies that work for you, your customers and your organization.
Brian Sletten
Forward Leaning Software Engineer @ Bosatsu Consulting
About Brian Sletten
Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.