提升开发者体验，创造商业价值：设计卓越的Web API指南

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《设计伟大的Web API：通过开发者体验创造商业价值》是一本由James Higginbotham所著的专业书籍，出版于2016年，隶属于O'Reilly Media。这本书的主题聚焦于如何通过优化Web API的设计，提升开发者的工作效率和满意度，从而间接为企业创造商业价值。作者强调了开发者体验在现代Web开发中的重要性，认为理解代码并将其视为工艺，可以激发更好的工作成果。书中涵盖了以下几个关键知识点： 1. **开发者体验（Developer Experience, DX）**：书中提倡将开发者作为核心用户，重视他们在创建、使用和维护Web API过程中的感受。良好的DX不仅会提高开发者的工作效率，还能促进他们对API的采纳和口碑传播，从而推动产品的成功。 2. **Web API设计原则**：作者分享了关于API设计的最佳实践，包括但不限于清晰的文档结构、一致的命名约定、易于理解和使用的接口，以及有效的错误处理机制。这些原则有助于确保API的易用性和可维护性。 3. **业务价值的实现**：通过精心设计的Web API，企业能够减少开发者面临的复杂性，提高集成速度，缩短产品上市时间，降低支持成本，并最终增强整体用户体验，从而驱动商业成功。 4. **PHP 7的升级与静态网站开发**：虽然这部分内容可能不是本书的核心，但提到了如何利用现代工具如PHP 7来支持静态网站开发，展示了技术演进如何影响API设计决策。 5. **静态网站生成器**：作为另一种现代开发趋势，静态网站生成器在轻量级应用和服务中越来越受欢迎，它们可能与Web API设计有所交互，特别是当涉及到性能优化和可缓存资源时。 6. **编码指南和最佳实践**：《小书》介绍了HTML/CSS编码的最佳实践，这些原则对于编写出高质量的前端代码至关重要，进而间接影响到Web API与前端的交互体验。 7. **案例研究和实战指导**：书中可能包含实际项目中的案例分析，展示如何将理论转化为实践，使读者能够更好地理解和应用所学知识。《设计伟大的Web API》是一本深入浅出的指南，旨在帮助读者提升Web API设计能力，同时强调开发者体验在业务成功中的核心作用。通过阅读这本书，开发者和架构师不仅可以掌握实用的设计技巧，还能理解如何将这些技术融入到企业战略中，创造真正的商业价值。

Traditionally, APIs have always been part of software development.

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS or

mobile platforms such as iOS and Android offer APIs that allow

developers to build software on top of their platform. Developers

depend upon these APIs to exist, operate as expected, and not break

their contract without sufficient notice.

As software has moved from a focus on desktop and web to mobile

computing, there has been an increased demand for web APIs.

These modern web APIs aren’t just built to integrate systems within

an organization. Instead, they allow businesses to share business

capabilities and data, build community, and foster innovation. This

has led to the rise of the API economy.

The Rise of the API Economy

The API economy is a term that was coined to describe the growth

of revenue and brand engagement as a result of offering public APIs

for developers. Let’s examine the reasons that gave rise to the API

economy.

Reason #1 – Higher Demand

Historically, APIs were used to integrate different software systems

or even different organizations. Web APIs are now in high demand

due to three key factors: the modern browser, mobile devices, and

the Internet of Things.

Years ago, modern browsers were limited to displaying content and

limited scripting capabilities using JavaScript. Modern browsers

have moved beyond this, allowing rich web applications to be built

using a combination of HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript frame‐

works. As a result, we no longer require servers to generate com‐

plete web pages. Instead, JavaScript frameworks request data from

2 | The Business of APIs

one or more web APIs, dynamically changing what the user sees and

the actions they can perform.

In addition to modern browsers, there has been explosive growth in

mobile devices such as phones and tablets. These devices have access

to the Internet from most locations and offer GPS location and app-

store distribution. Applications no longer have to be web pages in a

browser. Instead, they can use APIs to access data and business logic

to get things done.

Finally, the Internet of Things (IoT) is moving the world of devices,

previously requiring human intervention, into autonomous replace‐

ments that combine the physical world with the world of software.

As a result, APIs enable IoT devices to broadcast their telemetry

data and receive commands from other systems. IoT is an emerging

domain that will greatly benefit from integrating and providing

APIs.

Reason #2 – Simplicity

Historically, enterprises adopted technologies such as SOAP or

XML-RPC to integrate applications internally and between partner

organizations. These technologies often required additional stand‐

ards and specifications on top of transport protocols such as HTTP.

However, these technologies are meant for systems integration

where rigid specifications are most important.

Modern web APIs abandon the need for these complex standards,

instead choosing a simpler solution. They encourage the use of

HTTP, the protocol that powers the Web, as the foundation for

APIs. The HTTP specification was designed to support a robust set

of request verbs (i.e., what you want to do) and response codes (i.e.,

the result of the request). The philosophy for web APIs is to avoid

additional standards and specifications, instead choosing to use the

HTTP standard to define how web APIs operate.

By choosing HTTP as the only standard, any application or device

can consume a web API using built-in programming libraries. No

longer are expensive software solutions and complicated standards

required. This means easy integration for any device: mobile

phones, browsers, or even cars with mobile network access can con‐

sume web APIs.

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