Fake it before you make it: Mocking your way to better HTTP APIs

RESTful APIs are often designed and implemented before a client gets to see how they work, but once an API is made public, it can be hard to change. Dave Forgac and Ian Zelikman explain how to improve this process by explicitly designing the API contract and getting client feedback before implementation and outline processes and tools for building RESTful APIs with a design-first approach.

RESTful APIs are often designed and implemented before a client gets to see how they work, but once an API is made public, it can be hard to change. Dave Forgac and Ian Zelikman explain how to improve this process by explicitly designing the API contract and getting client feedback before implementation and outline processes and tools for building RESTful APIs with a design-first approach. Dave and Ian show how you can use these tools together in a contract-first development workflow and take you through the process of developing a new feature from beginning to end. Topics include: