What’s your go-to resource for teaching new devs REST API design? Interested in any tips you can share, or links to primers on how to design RESTful APIs.

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VP of Engineering in Banking2 years ago

A few resources:
- Patterns for API Design: Simplifying Integration with Loosely Coupled Message Exchanges
- Principles of Web API Design: Delivering Value with APIs and Microservices
- https://google.aip.dev/

Senior Director of Engineering in Software2 years ago

It's hard to tell. I think there are so many good tutorials out there. :)

Director of Engineering in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

Postman or Curl - what you see and test you can learn

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