You're reading from Designing API-First Enterprise Architectures on Azure A guide for architects and developers to expedite digital transformation with API-led architectures

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813914

Length 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

.NET Core

Concepts

Software Architecture

Author (1):

Subhajit Chatterjee

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

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

2. Chapter 1: Evolution of Enterprise Solution Architectures FREE CHAPTER

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

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