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Delivered 2021-06-30 for Interface by API Days : It’s APIs all the way down

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APIs of the Future: Are you Ready?

In this talk, Mike Amundsen spins a story that describes what APIs may look like in the not too distant future. How will we discover the API we need? What will the API documentation and description look like? What will it be like to "program" APIs in the future? Also, who will be doing the "programming"?

Armed with this "future view" of APIs, what will it take for you and your company to succeed in this new world of future APIs? Most importantly, what can you do today to prepare for the coming API future?

Let’s explore and get ready for APIs of the Future.

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People mentioned in this short talk:

  • Charles Babbage

  • Agusta Ada King, Countess Lovelace

  • Paul Otlet

  • The ENIAC Six

    • Betty Snyder Holberton

    • Jean Jennings Bartik

    • Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli

    • Marilyn Wescoff Meltzer

    • Ruth Licterman Teitelbaum

    • Frances Bilas Spence

  • Dorothy Vaughan

  • Doug Engelbart

  • Ted Nelson

  • Dame Wendy Hall

  • Adele Goldberg

  • Alan Kay

  • Rebecca Parsons

  • Martin Fowler

  • Melanie Mitchell

  • Joy Buolamwini

  • Joseph D. Miller

Mike Amundsen

An internationally known author and speaker, Mike Amundsen consults with organizations around the world on network architecture, Web development, and the intersection of technology & society. He works with companies large and small to help them capitalize on the opportunities provided by APIs, Microservices, and Digital Transformation.

Amundsen has authored numerous books and papers. His most recent book is "Design and Build Great Web APIs" with Pragmatic Programmers. He contributed to the O’Reilly book, "Continuous API Management" (2018). Amundsen’s "RESTful Web Clients" was published by O’Reilly in February 2017 and he co-authored "Microservice Architecture" (June 2016).