Creating and Consuming APIs in .NET: Why and How - G. Andrew Duthie

With the rise of mobile computing, and the dramatic increase of browser functionality that comes with HTML5, it's becoming ever more important to avoid building monolithic applications that are restricted to one operating system or environment. One way to expand the reach of your programs, and to enrich what they have to offer, is to expose and/or consume APIs. In this session, you'll learn what a modern API looks like, the basics of HTTP and REST-style APIs, and how to consume and create APIs using the Microsoft development toolset.

Pizza will be provided!

Speaker:
G. Andrew Duthie, aka devhammer, is the founder and chief consultant for Devhammer Enterprises. Andrew is a software developer, trainer, writer, and consultant with more than 15 years of industry experience, including nearly 10 years as a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft's Mid-Atlantic States district, where he provided support and education for developers working with the Microsoft development platform. In addition to his work with Microsoft, Andrew is the author of several books on ASP.NET and web development, and has spoken at numerous industry conferences from VSLive! and ASP.NET Connections, to Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) and Tech-Ed. Andrew has been participating in the user group community since way back in 1997, when one of his co-workers dragged him out to the Internet Developers User Group in Tyson's Corner, VA, and he's been hooked ever since.

Andrew is also the creator and developer of Community Megaphone (http://www.communitymegaphone.com/), a site designed for promoting and finding developer community events.

In addition to his work in software development, Andrew has enjoyed some recent forays into the world of hardware experimentation, including developing for Kinect (http://devhammer.net/Tags/Kinect) and .NET Gadgeteer (http://devhammer.net/Tags/.NET%20Gadgeteer), using his newly-formed hardware chops to do everything from blinking LEDs and making strange noises, to flying a helicopter with his bare hands.

Andrew can be reached through his blog at http://devhammer.net/ . You can also follow Andrew on twitter (http://twitter.com/devhammer/).