Versioning your API

In the dynamic world of software development, change is the only constant. As our user management API grows to accommodate new features and enhancements, it’s crucial to manage these changes in a way that minimizes disruption for end users. This is where API versioning comes into play. Versioning is the practice of updating the API while maintaining multiple versions simultaneously, ensuring backward compatibility and a smooth transition for users.

In this section, we’ll explore the following aspects:

• Why versioning matters: We’ll understand the importance of versioning in maintaining and evolving an API
• Strategies for versioning: We’ll evaluate different versioning approaches and learn how to select the most suitable one for our API
• Implementing version 2: We’ll introduce pagination in our findAll method and add a new address field to our User entity, marking the rollout of our API’s second version
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