API Readiness: Is Your API Ready for Prime Time? - my deck from APIdays Paris 2014

1. Lor inda Brandon
@l indybrandon
Smar tBear
Sof tware
API READINESS

2. KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL API
 documentation
 testing
 mocking
 evangelism
 management
 monitoring

3. BUT IS IT REALLY READY?
We’ve talked about “Product
Readiness” for years…
now it’s time for API Readiness

4. API
Readiness
visualize
Make it easy for technical AND
non-technical people to
understand

5. SERVICE
DEFINITIONS
The best way to
visual ize your
API

6. API
Readiness
visualize
validate
Test your sh*t 

7. FUNCTIONAL
TEST
Li ve up to your
own hype

8. LOAD TEST
D o n ’ t l e t
success ki l l you

9. SECURITY
TEST
Know where
the danger s are

10. API
Readiness
visualize
validate
virtualize
• Empower developers and
testers to test against API
failure conditions
• Enable testing while your API is
still in development

11. Virtual APIs
Mock Services
Production
APIs
VIRTUALIZE
Protect your
product ion APIs
Provide
sandbox
capabi l i t ies
Test
Dev Test Dev
Test

12. API
Readiness
visualize
validate
virtualize
monitor
Be vigilant

13. Virtual APIs
Mock Services
Production
APIs
MONITORING
Keep
product ion
stable
Prevent
bot t lenecks
Test
Dev Test Dev
Test
Ongoing development

14. visualize
validate
virtualize
monitor