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R. DorasamyAPI Marketplace Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7313-5_8

8. API Development

Rennay Dorasamy1  
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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
 

Of all the phases in the software development lifecycle, Development is my favorite. This is when life is breathed into designs and postulations and hypotheses can finally be tested. Unlike other software domains, the complexity of implementation, in an API context, is shielded by the interface. As any seasoned integration engineer will confirm, the interface allows the team to maintain a poker face regarding the level of completion of development. On many occasions, across different projects, I have ...

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