118: API Ramblings with Phil Sturgeon

Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 8:55 a.m.

b'In this weeks show we are joined by Phil Sturgeon to discuss all things API development.\\nWe start off by mentioning Phil\\u2019s new job at WeWork, Startup life/culture and switching between different development philosophies.\\nWe move on to highlight how he got into API development, the reasons behind writing the book \\u201cBuild APIs You Won\\u2019t Hate\\u201d and a future video-series he has in the pipeline.\\nThis leads on to discuss common misconceptions of REST and RPC, API tooling available and the different data-formats present.\\nFinally, we mention the importance of good error-handling within an API (no 200 responses!) and some of the bad-stories he has heard/encountered on the topic.'