first-class apis, dpc 2011, amsterdam
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APIs are commonly an afterthought, like a hot tub awkwardly attached to a house — a shoehorned approach that produces a suboptimal app with scarce support that lacks documentation. In effect, APIs are the ugly stepchild of the Web.This is a sad reality that we are faced with, because many companies make their living consuming third-party APIs and mixing in their own data to create amazing and interesting mashups. In the initial phases of development, there is rarely enough money to develop the app and its API. By the time there’s both demand and money, it can be hard to fit an API on top of the architecture in such a way that the whole thing won’t fall over. APIs should be first class citizens of the Web. Inconceivable? Possimpible? Not at all!In this talk we will dive deeper into why APIs are an afterthought, how we can change that. We will also touch on how that can benefit your product down the line in terms of resource savings and infrastructure efficiency, as well as the impact it will have on your infrastructure.This talk is inspired by my phpadvent article: http://phpadvent.org/201002TRANSCRIPT
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First-Class APIs
Helgi Þormar ÞorbjörnssonDutch PHP Conference, Amsterdam, 21st May 2011
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Hi there, I’m Helgi
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VP of Engineering at Orchestra.io
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VP of Engineering at Orchestra.io
Developer at PEAR
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VP of Engineering at Orchestra.io
Developer at PEAR
From Iceland
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VP of Engineering at Orchestra.io
Developer at PEAR
From Iceland
@h on Twitter
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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1995 2000 2005 2010
John MusserFounder, Programmable Web
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Why do we need a website?
1995 2000 2005 2010
John MusserFounder, Programmable Web
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Why do we need a website?
Of course we have a website
1995 2000 2005 2010
John MusserFounder, Programmable Web
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Why do we need a website?
Of course we have a website
Why do we need an API?
1995 2000 2005 2010
John MusserFounder, Programmable Web
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Why do we need a website?
Of course we have a website
Why do we need an API?
Of course we have an API
1995 2000 2005 2010
John MusserFounder, Programmable Web
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Data is the new business model
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APIs are the business glue
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Business without an API?
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Developers hunger to use your data
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Do not keep it all to your self
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The data wasn’t yours to begin with!
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Mine?Mine?Mine?Mine?
Mine? Mine?
Mine?
Mine?
Mine?
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Not everyone believes this
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They do like their ivory towers
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For years APIs have been treated as...
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Second-Class Citizen
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Why?
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It’s a conceptional problem
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Companies believing they will lose business if they share
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Websites are considered the business
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Not the API
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APIs are for the cool kids
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Or...
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Not enough money
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Not enough time
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Not enough resources
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Not enough foresight
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Finally the time/money comes
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Shoehorned onto the website
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Hot tub awkwardly attached to a house
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Sparse Documentation
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Ill maintained code
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Lack of testing
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Ticket response time is in the weeks not days
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It is a problem with management
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APIs should be...
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First-Class Citizens
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Inconceivable?
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Absolutely not!
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2010 Mobile
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2011 Tablets
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There are few companies that really get this
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Opening up the API when they release mobile clients
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New trend for startups
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Start with an APINot
a website.
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Start with an APINot
a website.
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Why do this?
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Mashups!
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Supply and Demand
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There is a demand for APIs
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Developers are the supply
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Going First-Class?
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Common architecture
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Data
API Website
MVCMVC
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Data
API Website
MVCMVC
REJECTEDTuesday, 24 May 2011
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Data
API Website
MVC
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Data
API Website
MVC
REJECTEDTuesday, 24 May 2011
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Upgrading the API to First-Class
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Data
API
Website
MVC 3rd PartyMobile
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Website as a client
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Data
API
Website
MVC 3rd PartyMobile
JavaScript
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FRAPI(getfrapi.com)
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Any downsides!?
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Of course!
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The gain?
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API becomes the core business
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Better Documentation
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More extensive tests
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Better response time on bugs
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Consistency
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Higher upfront cost but lower in the long term
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Started in 2006
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Took off in 2007 at SXSW
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20k 60k tweets per day
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200% Growth
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There was no API
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Developers asked for it
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And of course it got bolted on
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API was half cooked and organically grew
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They tried their best, but...
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#NewTwitter in Oct 2010
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Web client consuming it’s own API.
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More care was taken on the API side
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What if Facebook did the same?
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In conclusion
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Treat the API as your core business
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Or at least plan it from the start
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ClientsLogin
Image Hosting
URL Shorteners
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etc
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Outsource the innovation of UX to people who know
how to!
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NO MORE
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