Continuous API Management, 2nd Edition

Preface

Welcome to the second edition of Continuous API Management. The opening paragraph for the previous edition, released in 2018, stated:

As society and business have grown increasingly digital in nature, the demand for connected software has exploded. In turn, the application programming interface (API) has emerged as an important resource for modern organizations because it facilitates software connections. But managing these APIs effectively has proven to be a new challenge. Getting the best value from your APIs means learning how to manage their design, development, deployment, growth, quality, and security while dealing with the complicating factors of context, time, and scale.

And, in the intervening years, not much has changed when it comes to the growth and challenges of API management. The good news is that, in the years since our first edition, more tooling, more training, and more experience has help grow and mature the API management space. The not-so-good news is that the authors still see lots of organizations struggling to meet the demands of connecting people, services, and companies using APIs. This new edition is our chance to provide updates on how companies are progressing, share some new success stories, and refine some of the material we first introduced in 2018.

While we’ve added new examples and updated existing ones, we’ve still retained the same basic approach and outline for this new release. Hopefully these changes will help you extend your own ...