1 Why and how we test web APIs
This chapter covers
- The challenges of building complex API platforms
- The value and purpose of testing
- What an API testing strategy looks like and how it can help
How do we ensure that what we’re building is of good quality and is valuable to our end users? The challenge we face when delivering a high-quality product is the sheer number of complex actions and activities that occur in our work. If we want to make informed choices that lead to improved quality, we need to overcome this complexity and develop an understanding of both how our systems work and what our users want from our products. This is why we need to adopt a valuable testing strategy to help us better understand what we’re actually building. So ...
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