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High Performance Network Applications in the Capital Markets
Todd Montgomery discusses messaging and how peer-to-peer messaging has changed capital markets, then takes a peek into its future pointing out that queuing is dead.
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REST, And Now for Something Completely Different
Mike Amundsen offers a deeper explanation of REST, going beyond URIs, HTTP or web pages to the architectural style REST provides and the 6 constraints imposed by REST.
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DevOps to NoOps: 10 Cloud Services You Should Be Using
Ross Mason discusses top 10 infrastructure APIs that help building applications quicker in this age marked by a platform and technological shift.
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Designing & Consuming a Cloud 2.0 API
Andrew Phillips discusses Cloud API 2.0: the current state of cloud computing, why a Cloud API, the choices made while designing jClouds API, and how to consume such an API.
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Techniques for Scaling the Netflix API
Daniel Jacobson covers the history of Netflix’s APIs, adaptation for the cloud, development and testing, resiliency, and the future of their APIs.
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Building a Great Web API
Evan Cooke discussing ways of building Simple APIs with fast signup, a clear value proposition, efficient quick start, concise documentation, easy authentication and debuggable.
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iOS Networking: Bonjour, Cloud!
Chris Adamson introduces several iOS networking APIs: iCloud, Bonjour, GameKit, CFNetwork, Foundation, Media APIs, and System Configuration.
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Bringing the Open Web to Mobile Devices
Andreas Gal introduces Mozilla’s Boot 2 Gecko, a cross device web-based platform with applications written in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
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The API Platform
Gregory Brail discusses about APIs, what an API platform is, how the typical API call flows-security, authorization, authentication, caching, etc., and some of the challenges in using an API platform.
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Embedding Ruby and RubyGems Over RedBridge
Yoko Harada introduces RedBridge, aka JRuby Embed, a Java API for calling JRuby code that is treated as regular Java objects, explaining its relation to JSR223 and demoing how to use it.
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Open APIs: State of the Market
John Musser discusses the state of open web APIs, remarking its growth over time, the current technological trends, the market leaders, and other API-related aspects.
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Who are You? Who am I? Who is Anybody?
Paul Downey talks on the current status of identity management on the web covering cross-site challenges, REST, HTTPS, Open ID, all in the context of enterprise architecture.