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Netflix Embraces GraphQL Microservices for Rapid Application Development
Netflix engineering recently published a blog post detailing how Netflix embraced GraphQL microservices for rapid application development. In this post, Dane Avilla, a senior software engineer at Netflix, describes their key learnings in the process and how GraphQL lends itself well for proof-of-concept development.
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Google Cloud Announces a New Major Release of Its Management API Platform: Apigee X
Google Cloud recently announced a major new release of its API Management Platform Apigee. The release marks the tenth birthday of the service and is named Apigee X.
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Organizing Information about APIs with Google Registry API
Google Registry API aims to allow developers to organize information about APIs by uploading and sharing machine-readable descriptions of the APIs they use in development.
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AsyncAPI and Postman Partner to Bring New Tooling to Asynchronous APIs
AsyncAPI and Postman announced a partnership to support the AsyncAPI specification on the Postman platform. In their respective announcements, they detail how this partnership allows to boost the development of Asynchronous APIs. This will be done by building better tools to help engineers create and maintain Asynchronous APIs while using their favorite programming languages and frameworks.
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Hasura Remote Joins Implements GraphQL Data Federation
Hasura Remote Joins allows developers to use a single data graph to query several underlying data sources. Doing so does not force developers to modify data sources. Developers instead configure the relationships between the federated data models. The unified GraphQL API, combined with Hasura’s handling of authorization and caching, may provide more consistent and secure data access at scale.
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Microsoft Launches a New Communication Platform with Azure Communication Services
During its annual Ignite Conference, Microsoft announced Azure Communication Services (ACS), a fully-managed communication platform. The offering is currently in public preview.
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AWS Launches New Contact Flow APIs for Amazon Connect
Amazon Connect is an omnichannel contact service for enterprises to set up and manage a contact center. It is based on the same technology used by 70,000 Amazon customer service associates around the world to power customer conversations.
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Public Beta of Google Cloud API Gateway Now Available
At the recent Google's Cloud Next virtual conference, Google announced the public beta of API Gateway, a fully-managed Google Cloud service to create and monitor APIs for serverless workloads.
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Smart APIs Require Reactive Business Processes and Technology - Bernd Ruecker at QCon London
Implementing smart APIs, with circuit breakers, async communication, and reactive services, requires changes to business processes, not just buzzword technology. At QCon London, Bernd Ruecker talked about the challenges and tradeoffs to consider when moving beyond simple, request/reply APIs.
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Google Cloud Healthcare API Now Generally Available
In a recent blog post, Google announced the general availability of its Cloud Healthcare API. This service facilitates the exchange of healthcare data between solutions built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and applications.
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Microsoft Announces General Availability for UI Flows, Enabling Robotic Process Automation
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of UI Flows on April 2nd, for customers worldwide. UI Flows is an addition to Power Automate, formerly known as Microsoft Flow, that enables democratized access to automation and workflow. In this this latest release, Microsoft is enabling robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities in the Power Automate service.
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HTTP APIs for Amazon API Gateway Are Now Generally Available
Amazon recently announced the general availability (GA) of HTTP APIs in the API Gateway on AWS. With HTTP APIs, the public cloud provider will offer the core functionality of REST API at a lower price, reduction of the latency overhead, and ease of use.
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GitHub Actions API Released into Public Beta
GitHub announced the release into public beta of their Actions API. The Actions API can be used to manage GitHub Actions via a REST API. Endpoints available within the API allow for managing artifacts, secrets, runners, and workflows.
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Supreme Court to Have Final Say in Oracle v. Google Java API Battle
Following our story that Oracle was seeking $8.8 billion in damages from Google, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided to hear Google’s petition appealing that its use of open-source Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to build the Android platform violated Oracle’s copyrights.
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Usability Testing and Testing APIs with Hallway Testing
Hallway testing can be used to enhance the usability of products and make your UX better. You can also use it to test APIs as Ewa Marchewka, head of software integration and test department at Nokia, presented at TestCon Europe 2019. It’s cheap, straightforward, there’s no need for complicated tools, and it’s fast, getting feedback from the end-user almost instantly.