Understanding REST APIs in 5 Simple StepsTessa Mero
This document summarizes the 5 steps to understanding REST APIs: 1) Understanding the purpose of APIs and their importance and growth, 2) Learning that REST defines functions to communicate via HTTP verbs and nouns, 3) Knowing that APIs use requests and responses, 4) Relying on documentation as the reference, and 5) Using debugging and testing tools to prevent issues. It provides examples of requests, responses, API documentation, and tools like Postman for working with REST APIs.
The document discusses APIs, defining them as interfaces that allow applications to communicate and share data over a network. It notes that APIs act as an interface between clients and servers, exposing backend data through operations, inputs, outputs, and data types. The document also outlines the benefits of APIs in standardizing communication and enabling reusability. It introduces common API terminology and types, focusing on web APIs which are the most widely used.
This document provides an introduction and overview of REST APIs. It defines REST as an architectural style based on web standards like HTTP that defines resources that are accessed via common operations like GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE. It outlines best practices for REST API design, including using nouns in URIs, plural resource names, GET for retrieval only, HTTP status codes, and versioning. It also covers concepts like filtering, sorting, paging, and common queries.
What is an Application programming interface(API)?Akmal Ali
An application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions and communication protocols for building software. APIs make it easier for developers to use certain technologies by abstracting implementation details and only exposing necessary objects and actions. The term API was first used in 1968. APIs are used for libraries, frameworks, operating systems, remote access, web services, and design. They allow modular programming by hiding complex implementation details from users. Common examples of APIs include OpenGL, OpenMP, DirectX, and Java APIs.
This document provides an overview of a RESTful JSON API. It discusses that the API uses a REST design with JSON as the output format. It also describes other common protocols like SOAP and XML-RPC. The API is intended for use by desktop, mobile, and third-party web applications that can communicate over HTTP. Key aspects covered include input-output design, error handling, documentation, and user authentication using OAuth. The API implementation leverages the Sinatra framework with common logic modules to share data and configuration across applications. SDKs are also discussed to help integrate external apps with the API.
An API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools that allow software programs to communicate with each other. APIs work by allowing developers to access public functions through documentation provided by API creators. The functions pass arguments to private functions that execute the necessary code to complete requests. APIs are useful because they allow functionality to be upgraded without code modifications, minimize changes when data structures change, provide common functionality, and are faster than system calls. APIs are important in cloud computing to integrate platforms and providers through service, application, infrastructure, and cross-platform APIs. Examples of widely used APIs include the Google Maps and Facebook Like APIs.
This document introduces APIs and how they are used by developers. It explains that APIs allow programs to interact with other applications and services to access useful data and functionality. Developers can use APIs by making HTTP requests to consume data and build their own applications. The document provides examples of popular APIs like Google Maps, Twilio, and Meetup that developers integrate into their applications. It also discusses the differences between making API calls and using webhooks to receive automatic notifications from a service.
The document discusses demystifying APIs. It begins with an introduction to APIs, including their evolution and benefits. It then discusses RESTful APIs and their key aspects like uniform interface and use of HTTP methods. The document outlines best practices for API design, development, and challenges. It provides examples of designing APIs using Node.js and Hapi.js and discusses challenges like security, authentication, rate limiting, and scalability. Tools mentioned include Express, Swagger, Postman, and Kong.
This document provides an overview of HTTP and REST APIs. It describes how HTTP allows sending documents over the web using URLs to identify resources and HTTP verbs like GET, PUT, DELETE and POST. It defines common response codes. It explains that REST stands for Representational State Transfer and relies on a stateless, client-server architecture using the HTTP protocol. The key design constraints of REST include having a uniform interface, being resource-based and using representations to manipulate resources with self-descriptive messages. Benefits include statelessness for scalability, cacheability to improve performance, separating clients from servers, and using a layered system with intermediary servers.
A REST API uses HTTP requests with verbs like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on resources identified by URLs. It provides a lightweight alternative to SOAP that returns data in JSON format and HTTP response codes. Well-known codes include 200 for OK, 201 for Created, 400 for Bad Request, and 404 for Not Found. REST enables building applications and platforms that can easily integrate new interfaces over time.
This document outlines best practices for API design, including using proper HTTP methods, accepting and responding with JSON, using kebab-case for URLs, plural names for collections, avoiding verbs in URLs, versioning APIs with ordinal numbers, allowing filtering/sorting/pagination, handling errors gracefully, maintaining documentation, and implementing security practices like authentication, CORS, HTTPS, and rate limiting. It also recommends techniques like returning a minimal set of fields, using relations in URLs for nested resources, caching data to improve performance. The goal is to design APIs that are intuitive, secure, and high performing.
This document discusses different types of design patterns including creational, structural, behavioral, and Java EE design patterns. It provides examples of common design patterns like factory, singleton, strategy, observer, MVC, and DAO. Design patterns help provide reusable solutions to common problems in software design, promote code reuse, improve code quality and maintainability, and define standard ways to solve problems.
Postman. From simple API test to end to end scenarioHYS Enterprise
The document discusses Postman, a tool for testing APIs. It provides an overview of APIs and common API implementation approaches like SOAP and REST. It also demonstrates how Postman can be used to test APIs by creating workflows to send requests and validate responses using features like environments, variables, assertions and data-driven tests.
This document classifies and describes different types of APIs. It discusses web service APIs like REST and SOAP, library-based APIs that interface with programming languages like JavaScript, class-based APIs for platforms like Java and Android, OS APIs that allow access to system functions and hardware, and object remoting APIs like CORBA. Examples are provided for many API types. The document is intended to provide an overview of the various ways that software applications can communicate through defined programming interfaces.
An API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools that allow software applications to communicate with each other. It defines the functionality that is independent of implementation. An API expresses the operations, inputs, outputs, and types of a software component. It allows creation of applications that can access features or data from an operating system, application, or other service. An API acts as an intermediary that allows two applications to communicate, delivering requests from one app to a provider and returning the response.
Robotic process automation (RPA) uses AI and machine learning to automate high-volume, repetitive tasks across various industries like banking, HR, healthcare, insurance, utilities, legal, business process outsourcing, government, and manufacturing. RPA software allows robots to perform tasks like logging into applications, copying and pasting data, processing files and emails, reading and writing databases, and extracting information from documents. RPA provides benefits like increased productivity without breaks or holidays but does require change management and handling of unstructured data. Common RPA tools include Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, UiPath, and OpenSpan.
Automation API testing becoming a crucial part of most of the project. This whitepaper provides an insight into how API automation with REST Assured is certainly the way forward in API testing.
What is REST API? REST API Concepts and Examples | EdurekaEdureka!
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Need for REST API
What is REST API?
Features of REST API
Principles of REST API
Methods of REST API
How to implement REST API?
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This document provides an overview of developing a web application using Spring Boot that connects to a MySQL database. It discusses setting up the development environment, the benefits of Spring Boot, basic project structure, integrating Spring MVC and JPA/Hibernate for database access. Code examples and links are provided to help get started with a Spring Boot application that reads from a MySQL database and displays the employee data on a web page.
The document provides an introduction to web APIs and REST. It defines APIs as methods to access data and workflows from an application without using the application itself. It describes REST as an architectural style for APIs that uses a client-server model with stateless operations and a uniform interface. The document outlines best practices for REST APIs, including using HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT and DELETE to perform CRUD operations on resources identified by URIs. It also discusses authentication, authorization, security concerns and gives examples of popular REST APIs from Facebook, Twitter and other services.
This document provides an overview of API testing tools and methods. It defines APIs and REST, describes how API testing works, lists common API testing tools like Postman, and outlines different types of API tests including functionality, reliability, load, and security testing. Examples are given of the GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP methods along with response status codes. A live demo of an API is presented at the end.
How to Develop APIs - Importance, Types, Tools, Terminology, and Best Practic...Techugo Inc
Wondering how to develop APIs? And want to perform API integration for your business? Then you must know everything about API development. Also, get top-notch API solutions from the best API app development company. So, contact us to build an API for your business application right now! Visit: https://www.techugo.com/blog/how-to-develop-apis-importance-types-tools-terminology-and-best-practices/
What is the need of API Development solutions? Chetu
Technology requires evolution met by change and innovation. Expedited distribution, driven by quick turnovers and new ideas are the major reasons behind API development solutions.
An API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools that allow software programs to communicate with each other. APIs work by allowing developers to access public functions through documentation provided by API creators. The functions pass arguments to private functions that execute the necessary code to complete requests. APIs are useful because they allow functionality to be upgraded without code modifications, minimize changes when data structures change, provide common functionality, and are faster than system calls. APIs are important in cloud computing to integrate platforms and providers through service, application, infrastructure, and cross-platform APIs. Examples of widely used APIs include the Google Maps and Facebook Like APIs.
This document introduces APIs and how they are used by developers. It explains that APIs allow programs to interact with other applications and services to access useful data and functionality. Developers can use APIs by making HTTP requests to consume data and build their own applications. The document provides examples of popular APIs like Google Maps, Twilio, and Meetup that developers integrate into their applications. It also discusses the differences between making API calls and using webhooks to receive automatic notifications from a service.
The document discusses demystifying APIs. It begins with an introduction to APIs, including their evolution and benefits. It then discusses RESTful APIs and their key aspects like uniform interface and use of HTTP methods. The document outlines best practices for API design, development, and challenges. It provides examples of designing APIs using Node.js and Hapi.js and discusses challenges like security, authentication, rate limiting, and scalability. Tools mentioned include Express, Swagger, Postman, and Kong.
This document provides an overview of HTTP and REST APIs. It describes how HTTP allows sending documents over the web using URLs to identify resources and HTTP verbs like GET, PUT, DELETE and POST. It defines common response codes. It explains that REST stands for Representational State Transfer and relies on a stateless, client-server architecture using the HTTP protocol. The key design constraints of REST include having a uniform interface, being resource-based and using representations to manipulate resources with self-descriptive messages. Benefits include statelessness for scalability, cacheability to improve performance, separating clients from servers, and using a layered system with intermediary servers.
A REST API uses HTTP requests with verbs like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on resources identified by URLs. It provides a lightweight alternative to SOAP that returns data in JSON format and HTTP response codes. Well-known codes include 200 for OK, 201 for Created, 400 for Bad Request, and 404 for Not Found. REST enables building applications and platforms that can easily integrate new interfaces over time.
This document outlines best practices for API design, including using proper HTTP methods, accepting and responding with JSON, using kebab-case for URLs, plural names for collections, avoiding verbs in URLs, versioning APIs with ordinal numbers, allowing filtering/sorting/pagination, handling errors gracefully, maintaining documentation, and implementing security practices like authentication, CORS, HTTPS, and rate limiting. It also recommends techniques like returning a minimal set of fields, using relations in URLs for nested resources, caching data to improve performance. The goal is to design APIs that are intuitive, secure, and high performing.
This document discusses different types of design patterns including creational, structural, behavioral, and Java EE design patterns. It provides examples of common design patterns like factory, singleton, strategy, observer, MVC, and DAO. Design patterns help provide reusable solutions to common problems in software design, promote code reuse, improve code quality and maintainability, and define standard ways to solve problems.
Postman. From simple API test to end to end scenarioHYS Enterprise
The document discusses Postman, a tool for testing APIs. It provides an overview of APIs and common API implementation approaches like SOAP and REST. It also demonstrates how Postman can be used to test APIs by creating workflows to send requests and validate responses using features like environments, variables, assertions and data-driven tests.
This document classifies and describes different types of APIs. It discusses web service APIs like REST and SOAP, library-based APIs that interface with programming languages like JavaScript, class-based APIs for platforms like Java and Android, OS APIs that allow access to system functions and hardware, and object remoting APIs like CORBA. Examples are provided for many API types. The document is intended to provide an overview of the various ways that software applications can communicate through defined programming interfaces.
An API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools that allow software applications to communicate with each other. It defines the functionality that is independent of implementation. An API expresses the operations, inputs, outputs, and types of a software component. It allows creation of applications that can access features or data from an operating system, application, or other service. An API acts as an intermediary that allows two applications to communicate, delivering requests from one app to a provider and returning the response.
Robotic process automation (RPA) uses AI and machine learning to automate high-volume, repetitive tasks across various industries like banking, HR, healthcare, insurance, utilities, legal, business process outsourcing, government, and manufacturing. RPA software allows robots to perform tasks like logging into applications, copying and pasting data, processing files and emails, reading and writing databases, and extracting information from documents. RPA provides benefits like increased productivity without breaks or holidays but does require change management and handling of unstructured data. Common RPA tools include Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, UiPath, and OpenSpan.
Automation API testing becoming a crucial part of most of the project. This whitepaper provides an insight into how API automation with REST Assured is certainly the way forward in API testing.
What is REST API? REST API Concepts and Examples | EdurekaEdureka!
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This Edureka PPT on 'What is REST API?' will help you understand the concept of RESTful APIs and show you the implementation of REST APIs'. Following topics are covered in this REST API tutorial for beginners:
Need for REST API
What is REST API?
Features of REST API
Principles of REST API
Methods of REST API
How to implement REST API?
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This document provides an overview of developing a web application using Spring Boot that connects to a MySQL database. It discusses setting up the development environment, the benefits of Spring Boot, basic project structure, integrating Spring MVC and JPA/Hibernate for database access. Code examples and links are provided to help get started with a Spring Boot application that reads from a MySQL database and displays the employee data on a web page.
The document provides an introduction to web APIs and REST. It defines APIs as methods to access data and workflows from an application without using the application itself. It describes REST as an architectural style for APIs that uses a client-server model with stateless operations and a uniform interface. The document outlines best practices for REST APIs, including using HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT and DELETE to perform CRUD operations on resources identified by URIs. It also discusses authentication, authorization, security concerns and gives examples of popular REST APIs from Facebook, Twitter and other services.
This document provides an overview of API testing tools and methods. It defines APIs and REST, describes how API testing works, lists common API testing tools like Postman, and outlines different types of API tests including functionality, reliability, load, and security testing. Examples are given of the GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP methods along with response status codes. A live demo of an API is presented at the end.
How to Develop APIs - Importance, Types, Tools, Terminology, and Best Practic...Techugo Inc
Wondering how to develop APIs? And want to perform API integration for your business? Then you must know everything about API development. Also, get top-notch API solutions from the best API app development company. So, contact us to build an API for your business application right now! Visit: https://www.techugo.com/blog/how-to-develop-apis-importance-types-tools-terminology-and-best-practices/
What is the need of API Development solutions? Chetu
Technology requires evolution met by change and innovation. Expedited distribution, driven by quick turnovers and new ideas are the major reasons behind API development solutions.
API stands for application programming interface. It is a set of routines, protocols, and tools that allows software applications to communicate with each other. APIs specify how different software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user interfaces. They make it easier for programmers to develop applications by providing reusable code blocks. APIs allow different applications to share data and functionality, enabling features like copying text between programs. There are APIs for operating systems, applications, and websites that enable important functions like copy/paste and allow developers to create specialized software solutions.
Guide To API Development – Cost, Importance, Types, Tools, Terminology, and B...Techugo
Building an API is the foundation for any apps dealing with data or requiring communication between two goods or services. A collection of guidelines or standards known as an API allows the software to use the capabilities of another app. For example, when you choose “Connect with Facebook,” Candy Crush immediately gets your Facebook account information. It can access the Facebook server using API integration, saving you the trouble of manually entering your information.
An API allows separate software systems to communicate and work together. It acts as a messenger that runs between applications, databases, and devices, using standardized programming instructions. APIs enable one software system to use services from another system. For example, the Uber app uses the Google Maps API to display maps. APIs help developers build new services faster by leveraging existing capabilities rather than reinventing the wheel. They can speed up development time, improve customer experience through flexibility and customization, and enable innovation through partnerships.
Modern APIs: The Non-Technical User’s Guide | The Enterprise WorldEnterprise world
A Modern APIs (Application Programming Interface) is a software interface that allows two applications to communicate with each other. APIs have been around for quite a while.
API (Application Programming Interface) development has become an essential aspect of modern software development. It allows different applications to interact with each other, exchange data and provide services seamlessly. To develop a successful API, you need to follow some crucial steps like defining API requirements, choosing the right protocol, designing the API interface, and testing it thoroughly. Furthermore, you should consider the security aspects of API development, including authentication, authorization, and encryption. Finally, you should document your API comprehensively, providing clear instructions for developers to use and integrate it with their applications.
Explore the power of APIs and how they facilitate modern software application...The Knowledge Academy
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DFY Suite is an all-in-one social syndication platform that makes it easy to syndicate your content to high-quality social media platforms and manage your social syndication campaigns.
Syndicate your content to a wide range of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and more.
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CIS14: Best Practices You Must Apply to Secure Your APIsCloudIDSummit
Scott Morrison, CA Technologies
Good practices to put in place and the common security antipatterns you must avoid to ensure your company’s APIs are reliable, safe and secure; includes top ways hackers exploit APIs in the wild, common identity pitfalls and how to avoid them, why OAuth scopes are essential to master, and how to keep web developers from bringing bad habits with them.
O'Reilly author webinar "APIs: A Strategy guide": Transforming Your Business...Apigee | Google Cloud
For business and product executives, this O'Reilly Author webinar covers what an API strategy can do for you, including the different types of public vs. private API strategies. Courtesy of O'Reilly, a free book chapter is posted here: http://bit.ly/GTW9sF
What are ap is, how do they work, and why are they beneficial to developers a...Shelly Megan
We’re living in an API centric world Many of our daily activities revolve around APIs, and most of us are not even aware of it! You can instantly browse information on the current weather conditions.
This document discusses web-based APIs and their evolution and impact. It defines an API as an interface that allows computer programs to request services from other programs or systems. APIs allow for real-time communication and aggregation of data from multiple sources. The document outlines how APIs have evolved from traditional static web pages to include web services, XML, RSS, and now utilize REST, JSON, and XML. APIs enable mashups, where multiple data sources are combined into integrated experiences. Modern organizations use APIs to gain customer insights, reduce barriers to entry, and automate processes. API providers benefit from increased traffic, revenue, and developer communities. The future of APIs includes treating the web as a database and following best practices of simplicity, standards
This document discusses APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and how they allow software applications and online services to communicate. APIs are sets of routines, protocols, and tools that allow programs to interact with each other. They transmit data between devices in agreed-upon formats. APIs were initially created to make programming easier by providing reusable building blocks, and now allow things like embedding files from services like SlideShare onto blogs through web APIs. APIs are important because they enable connections and sharing of information between programs and online services.
API documentation provides information about how to use an application programming interface (API). It explains what an API is, how APIs allow applications to interact and exchange data, and the benefits of using APIs. The documentation also describes how APIs work by sending requests and receiving responses, and who typically creates APIs and their documentation. It provides details on API requests and responses, different types of APIs, and who the target audience of API documentation is. It recommends tools like Swagger that can automatically generate API documentation from code annotations to help technical writers complement the generated documentation.
API documentation provides information about how to use an application programming interface (API). It explains what an API is, how APIs allow applications to interact and exchange data, and the benefits of using APIs. The documentation also describes how APIs work by sending requests and receiving responses, and who typically creates APIs and their documentation. It provides details on API requests and responses, different types of APIs, and who the target audience is for API documentation. It also recommends tools like Swagger that can automatically generate API documentation from code annotations to help technical writers complement the generated documentation.
An API is an interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. APIs define a set of functions that allow components within a software system to communicate in a standardized way. Traditionally, APIs focused on solving data integration problems by enabling the exchange and sharing of data between different software programs and platforms. Modern organizations now leverage APIs to gain insights from user data on other platforms, quickly develop common tasks, and automate existing processes. Popular examples of APIs include Google Maps, Facebook, and YouTube.
This document discusses APIs and their benefits. It defines an API as a set of protocols that allows programs to communicate with each other and access each other's data and functionality. APIs allow apps to "play well with others" by borrowing features and data while keeping proprietary code protected. The document provides examples of APIs used for logging into accounts, accessing weather and financial data. It concludes by explaining how to get started with APIs by obtaining an API key, choosing a coding language, and making basic data requests and queries.
Webhooks allow events that occur in one application to trigger actions in another application in real-time. They provide notifications about events as they happen without needing to manually check for updates. When an event like a delivery or click occurs, the source application sends data about the event to a URL via HTTP request. This allows for immediate synchronization of data and chaining of actions across different systems. Common uses of webhooks include notifications, order updates, and mailing list management. They provide an event-based approach compared to traditional APIs which use polling to check for updates.
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Have you upgraded your application from Qt 5 to Qt 6? If so, your QML modules might still be stuck in the old Qt 5 style—technically compatible, but far from optimal. Qt 6 introduces a modernized approach to QML modules that offers better integration with CMake, enhanced maintainability, and significant productivity gains.
In this webinar, we’ll walk you through the benefits of adopting Qt 6 style QML modules and show you how to make the transition. You'll learn how to leverage the new module system to reduce boilerplate, simplify builds, and modernize your application architecture. Whether you're planning a full migration or just exploring what's new, this session will help you get the most out of your move to Qt 6.
Agentic Techniques in Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Azure AI SearchMaxim Salnikov
Discover how Agentic Retrieval in Azure AI Search takes Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to the next level by intelligently breaking down complex queries, leveraging full conversation history, and executing parallel searches through a new LLM-powered query planner. This session introduces a cutting-edge approach that delivers significantly more accurate, relevant, and grounded answers—unlocking new capabilities for building smarter, more responsive generative AI applications.
Traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines work well for simple queries—but when users ask complex, multi-part questions or refer to previous conversation history, they often fall short. That’s where Agentic Retrieval comes in: a game-changing advancement in Azure AI Search that brings LLM-powered reasoning directly into the retrieval layer.
This session unveils how agentic techniques elevate your RAG-based applications by introducing intelligent query planning, subquery decomposition, parallel execution, and result merging—all orchestrated by a new Knowledge Agent. You’ll learn how this approach significantly boosts relevance, groundedness, and answer quality, especially for sophisticated enterprise use cases.
Key takeaways:
- Understand the evolution from keyword and vector search to agentic query orchestration
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Whether you're building intelligent copilots, enterprise Q&A bots, or AI-driven search solutions, this session will equip you with the tools and patterns to push beyond traditional RAG.
Plooma is a writing platform to plan, write, and shape books your wayPlooma
Plooma is your all in one writing companion, designed to support authors at every twist and turn of the book creation journey. Whether you're sketching out your story's blueprint, breathing life into characters, or crafting chapters, Plooma provides a seamless space to organize all your ideas and materials without the overwhelm. Its intuitive interface makes building rich narratives and immersive worlds feel effortless.
Packed with powerful story and character organization tools, Plooma lets you track character development and manage world building details with ease. When it’s time to write, the distraction-free mode offers a clean, minimal environment to help you dive deep and write consistently. Plus, built-in editing tools catch grammar slips and style quirks in real-time, polishing your story so you don’t have to juggle multiple apps.
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Build Smarter, Deliver Faster with Choreo - An AI Native Internal Developer P...WSO2
Enterprises must deliver intelligent, cloud native applications quickly—without compromising governance or scalability. This session explores how an internal developer platform increases productivity via AI for code and accelerates AI-native app delivery via code for AI. Learn practical techniques for embedding AI in the software lifecycle, automating governance with AI agents, and applying a cell-based architecture for modularity and scalability. Real-world examples and proven patterns will illustrate how to simplify delivery, enhance developer productivity, and drive measurable outcomes.
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Top 5 Task Management Software to Boost Productivity in 2025Orangescrum
In this blog, you’ll find a curated list of five powerful task management tools to watch in 2025. Each one is designed to help teams stay organized, improve collaboration, and consistently hit deadlines. We’ve included real-world use cases, key features, and data-driven insights to help you choose what fits your team best.
Automating Map Production With FME and PythonSafe Software
People still love a good paper map, but every time a request lands on a GIS team’s desk, it takes time to create that perfect, individual map—even when you're ready and have projects prepped. Then come the inevitable changes and iterations that add even more time to the process. This presentation explores a solution for automating map production using FME and Python. FME handles the setup of variables, leveraging GIS reference layers and parameters to manage details like map orientation, label sizes, and layout elements. Python takes over to export PDF maps for each location and template size, uploading them monthly to ArcGIS Online. The result? Fresh, regularly updated maps, ready for anyone to grab anytime—saving you time, effort, and endless revisions while keeping users happy with up-to-date, accessible maps.
Integration Ignited Redefining Event-Driven Architecture at Wix - EventCentricNatan Silnitsky
At Wix, we revolutionized our platform by making integration events the backbone of our 4,000-microservice ecosystem. By abandoning traditional domain events for standardized Protobuf events through Kafka, we created a universal language powering our entire architecture.
We'll share how our "single-aggregate services" approach—where every CUD operation triggers semantic events—transformed scalability and extensibility, driving efficient event choreography, data lake ingestion, and search indexing.
We'll address our challenges: balancing consistency with modularity, managing event overhead, and solving consumer lag issues. Learn how event-based data prefetches dramatically improved performance while preserving the decoupling that makes our platform infinitely extensible.
Key Takeaways:
- How integration events enabled unprecedented scale and extensibility
- Practical strategies for event-based data prefetching that supercharge performance
- Solutions to common event-driven architecture challenges
- When to break conventional architectural rules for specific contexts
FME for Climate Data: Turning Big Data into Actionable InsightsSafe Software
Regional and local governments aim to provide essential services for stormwater management systems. However, rapid urbanization and the increasing impacts of climate change are putting growing pressure on these governments to identify stormwater needs and develop effective plans. To address these challenges, GHD developed an FME solution to process over 20 years of rainfall data from rain gauges and USGS radar datasets. This solution extracts, organizes, and analyzes Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) big data, validates it with other data sources, and produces Intensity Duration Frequency (IDF) curves and future climate projections tailored to local needs. This presentation will showcase how FME can be leveraged to manage big data and prioritize infrastructure investments.
GDG Douglas - Google AI Agents: Your Next Intern?felipeceotto
Presentation done at the GDG Douglas event for June 2025.
A first look at Google's new Agent Development Kit.
Agent Development Kit is a new open-source framework from Google designed to simplify the full stack end-to-end development of agents and multi-agent systems.
From Chaos to Clarity - Designing (AI-Ready) APIs with APIOps CyclesMarjukka Niinioja
Teams delivering API are challenges with:
- Connecting APIs to business strategy
- Measuring API success (audit & lifecycle metrics)
- Partner/Ecosystem onboarding
- Consistent documentation, security, and publishing
🧠 The big takeaway?
Many teams can build APIs. But few connect them to value, visibility, and long-term improvement.
That’s why the APIOps Cycles method helps teams:
📍 Start where the pain is (one “metro station” at a time)
📈 Scale success across strategy, platform, and operations
🛠 Use collaborative canvases to get buy-in and visibility
Want to try it and learn more?
- Follow APIOps Cycles in LinkedIn
- Visit the www.apiopscycles.com site
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FME as an Orchestration Tool - Peak of Data & AI 2025Safe Software
Processing huge amounts of data through FME can have performance consequences, but as an orchestration tool, FME is brilliant! We'll take a look at the principles of data gravity, best practices, pros, cons, tips and tricks. And of course all spiced up with relevant examples!
Revolutionize Your Insurance Workflow with Claims Management SoftwareInsurance Tech Services
Claims management software enhances efficiency, accuracy, and satisfaction by automating processes, reducing errors, and speeding up transparent claims handling—building trust and cutting costs. Explore More - https://www.damcogroup.com/insurance/claims-management-software
How Insurance Policy Administration Streamlines Policy Lifecycle for Agile Op...Insurance Tech Services
A modern Policy Administration System streamlines workflows and integrates with core systems to boost speed, accuracy, and customer satisfaction across the policy lifecycle. Visit https://www.damcogroup.com/insurance/policy-administration-systems for more details!
Insurance policy management software transforms complex, manual insurance operations into streamlined, efficient digital workflows, enhancing productivity, accuracy, customer service, and profitability for insurers. Visit https://www.damcogroup.com/insurance/policy-management-software for more details!
Marketo & Dynamics can be Most Excellent to Each Other – The SequelBradBedford3
So you’ve built trust in your Marketo Engage-Dynamics integration—excellent. But now what?
This sequel picks up where our last adventure left off, offering a step-by-step guide to move from stable sync to strategic power moves. We’ll share real-world project examples that empower sales and marketing to work smarter and stay aligned.
If you’re ready to go beyond the basics and do truly most excellent stuff, this session is your guide.
2. Introduction to API
• An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set
of commands, functions and protocols which
programmers can use when building a software.
• It allows the programmers to use predefined
functions to interact with systems, instead of writing
them from scratch.
3. Characteristics of good API
–Easy to learn and use, Hard to misuse.
–Easy to read and maintain code that uses it.
–Is programming language neutral.
–Sufficiently powerful to support all
computational requirements
4. API Key
• An application programming interface key (API key) is a code
passed in by computer programs calling an application programming
interface (API) to identify the calling program, its developer, or its
user to the Web site. API keys are used to track and control how the
API is being used, for example to prevent malicious use or abuse of
the API.
USES
• The API key often acts as both a unique identifier and a secret token
for authentication, and will generally have a set of access rights on
the API associated with it.
• API keys can be based on the universally unique identifier (UUID)
system to ensure they will be unique to each user.
5. API Example
Think of an API like a menu in a restaurant. The
menu provides a list of dishes you can order, along
with a description of each dish. When you specify
what menu items you want, the restaurant’s
kitchen does the work and provides you with some
finished dishes. You don’t know exactly how the
restaurant prepares that food, and you don’t really
need to.
6. GOOGLE MAPS API
if you’ve ever seen a Google Maps object embedded on a
website, that website is using the Google Maps API to
embed that map. Google exposes APIs like this to web
developers, who can then use the APIs to plop complex
objects right on their website. If APIs like this didn’t exist,
developers might have to create their own maps and
provide their own map data just to put a little interactive
map on a website.