The Hitchhiker’s Guide to APIs

APIs are more than just shoving JSON back and forth over HTTP. In this talk we’ll be taking a dive into the essence of APIs, HTTP, and paradigms.

We’re going to touch on a little bit of everything, from documentation to implementation, to testing -- both from a producer and consumer’s perspective. Our goal is to be able to walk away with a wider view of what APIs are, some tricks & tips, and to provide some concrete examples for the abstract concepts that surround.

SPEAKER BIO

Bryan Crowe is a lead developer for Rakuten living in NYC. For the majority of his career he’s been either creating, refactoring, or evolving APIs. CakePHP Core Team emeritus. Moonlight streamer. Dog dad.

AGENDA

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -- Pizza, refreshments and networking

7:00 pm - 7:15 pm -- Introductions

7:15 pm - < 9:00 pm -- Feature Presentation, Q&A, Wrap-Up

HOST / FOOD SPONSOR

Wayfair Tech has graciously offered meeting space, pizza and refreshments. Thank them by checking out some of these links to learn a bit about Wayfair:
Wayfair Tech Blog: https://tech.wayfair.com/
Working at Wayfair: https://youtu.be/e_EzwfOXWY8
Career Opportunities: http://www.wayfaircareers.com
About Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com/about/

DIRECTIONS

Public transportation is recommended: Orange line to Back Bay Station or Green line to Copley Station.
If you must drive and park and are unable to find street parking, here are parking options:
https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/locations/copley_place_100_huntington_ave_boston_massachusetts_02116_united_states_drt2yt4dpnw/?country=us&arriving=202002131700&leaving=202002132200

The Wayfair office is located at 4 Copley Place, in the towers above the Copley Place Mall:
http://www.simon.com/mall/copley-place/map
Copley Place is across the footbridge from the Prudential Mall or across the street from Back Bay station.