This initiative sought to codify and finalize a standard ruleset for REST API development. To fix this issue, a bunch of companies got together and created the OpenAPI Initiative. OpenAPI Initiative and SwaggerĪs REST APIs became more prevalent across the Internet, the standards used to develop them became more varied. I am speaking specifically about the Open API Specification and Swagger. The good news is there are specifications and tools which aid in the development of easy to use APIs that change as fast as your business. If a product is difficult to use it likely will not be used at all, especially if that product is an API. Poorly developed or poorly documented APIs which are susceptible to frequent changes or misleading design decisions are difficult to use. This schism does not affect developers or architects it only affects the users of the API. The skillsets and mindsets involved in creating APIs are different from those involved in developing the business logic which uses an API. Unfortunately, there are many programmers, start-ups, and full-fledged companies that do not adhere to proper API development and maintenance. The rise of serverless computing and platform agnostic, app-based services use has forced the casual developer to learn proper API development, a task usually reserved for platform architects.

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