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Designing API-First Enterprise Architectures on Azure

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Product type Book

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813914

Pages 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Software Architecture

Author (1):

Subhajit Chatterjee

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: API-Led Architecture in the Digital Economy

2. Chapter 1: Evolution of Enterprise Solution Architectures

3. Chapter 2: APIs as Digital Connectors

4. Section 2: Build Reliable API-Centric Solutions

5. Chapter 3: Architecture Principles and API Styles

6. Chapter 4: Assuring the Quality of the API Service (or Product)

7. Chapter 5: RESTful APIs – the New Web

8. Chapter 6: API Design Practices

9. Chapter 7: Accelerating through DevOps Essentials

10. Section 3: Deliver Business Value for a Modern Enterprise

11. Chapter 8: API-Centric Enterprise Integrations

12. Chapter 9: APIs as a Monetized Product

13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 2: APIs as Digital Connectors

APIs offer the ability to access information exposed by any system directly using a simple request-response mechanism without the need for a user interface (UI). As they allow you to connect to a system, in a way similar to the plug and play model, they can be seen as digital connectors.

The Connector pattern is used in software engineering to enable network connectivity between communication endpoints, such as the client and the server. It is used in conjunction with the Acceptor pattern to enable network devices to evolve independently of the mechanisms that passively establish connections used by the services:

Figure 2.1 – A simplistic view of communication between machines using the Connector-Acceptor pattern

APIs are the modern world manifestation of the foundational blocks for these frontline connectivity touchpoints. Hence, it is important to treat APIs as digital assets of enterprise innovation,...

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Authors (1)

Subhajit Chatterjee

Subhajit Chatterjee has a Bachelor of Engineering and a graduate diploma on Information Technology. He has also taken up many online certifications that has helped him learn and grow as a software engineering professional. He has close to two decades of exposure to designing, implementing, and managing software development projects, using Microsoft & Open-Source technologies. He is a seasoned Engineering leader and has delivered many large and complex projects in Azure, IoT, Enterprise Integrations, Web Applications and Mobility space. He loves to solve problems and has had the privilege to work with customers across the globe. He is passionate about sharing his learnings with the community and enjoys coaching and mentoring his team members.

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