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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what APIs are, the API standards that exist, and walk through the various layers of what goes into making an API.

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Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 02:40 What are APIs?
• 06:09 API Standards
• 13:56 What about GRPC?
• 15:52 What is TRPC?
• 19:19 Sponsor: Payments Hub
• 20:25 API Cake Layers
• mySQL
• Postgres
• Mongo DB
• SQLite
• SQLizer
• 26:51 Server layer
• 33:28 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 34:36 Authentication layer
• 43:28 Caching layer
• 46:09 Sponsor: Freshbooks
• 46:38 Client layer
• Prisma: Package, but also a service
• keystone: Package
• Strapi: Package
• Sanity: Service
• Prismic: Service
• Hasura: Open Source and Service
• Contentful
• https://hygraph.com/
• 48:01 Should I use x or y?
• 51:35 Tools
• GraphQL Playground
• Graphiql
• Postman
• Insomnia
• TablePlus
• Studio3T
• 56:27 SIIIIICK \\xd7\\xd7\\xd7 PIIIICKS \\xd7\\xd7\\xd7
• 00:20 Knife Talk

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• Scott: Sharp Pebble
• Wes: Laser level

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