REST API Notes for 2016/05/31

GOOGLE WINS! WE ALL STILL HAVE JOBS! Posing Google v Oracle as a referendum on the legality of all APIs is an exaggeration. But there were plenty within the API community that feared what an Oracle victory would mean. Thankfully, we can delay those thinkpieces until Oracle's appeal.

REST API Notes for 2016/05/23

ORACLE V GOOGLE If you follow API news, then you've - no doubt - seen the various "hot takes" regarding the ongoing Oracle v. Google case. The issue is whether Oracle can claim a copyright on Java APIs and, if so, whether Google infringes these copyrights.

REST API Notes for 2016/05/09

This week I'm flying to San Francisco to lead API training. I had just made it through Dulles airport security and was idly flipping through Twitter when it became obvious that dashing out another batch of RESTful API notes was mandatory. Just because I'm traveling doesn&

REST API Notes for 2016/03/22

Hello everyone! If there was anything that I learned from my recent paternity leave, it is that the impactful API news doesn't slow for anything. Events early this year have brought discussion of the API Economy, and its ramifications, to the fore. THE API ECONOMY At the beginning

RESTAPI Notes for January 4th, 2016!

Most merriest of Christmases, happiest of holidays, and/or grandest of new year well-wishes to you! I hope that you've been able to find time to relax and reflect during this past season. Today starts another busy, new day to a new year. In the world of RESTful

REST API Notes for 2015/11/18

Greetings all! Today is a special day. In Austin, TX three days of API discussion, debate, and debacles is about to get underway at the API Strategy and Practice conference. As is often the case with these sort of events, I'll be unable to attend in person. However,

REST API Notes for 2015/09/22

Hello and welcome to another edition of RESTful API Notes. As expected, people are shaking off their summer frivolities and settling back into work. As a result, we get a fresh batch of tasty industry treats to share. REST FEST RECAP For the last several years, the humble town of

REST API Notes for 2015/09/15

Hello again! I hope everyone had a chance to squeeze every last drop of sunshine from these waning days of summer. The final vacations and tawny lawns of August have given way to packed school lunches and looming leaf avalanches. Personally, I've moved my family across the country,

REST API Notes for 2015/07/27 - News & Special Announcement(s)

HAPPY APICRAFT DAY! Today marks the beginning of the wonderful three day yearly unconference held in Detroit. While I, sadly, can't be there in person, I'll be camping their hashtag ( #apicraft ) and watching for emerging themes and referential work. Speaking of referential work, let's

REST API Notes for 2015/07/16 - AMAZON GATEWAY EDITION

Last week many within the API community were pleasantly surprised by the Amazon API Gateway. Promising to provide a "scalable" and "secure" entry point for API services, many (me included), instantly assumed this was Amazon's entry into 'API Management'. Amazon's