Although practice is the best school, another aid for developing APIs is the Internet, which offers all kinds of information for those interested in the more technical aspects of this world. Here's a small selection of the most interesting websites to learn and keep up to date in the world of APIs.
Diego Blanco is Head of PaaS & Open APIs Platform CTO at BBVA Compass. We talk to him and he recalls the steps needed to create an API catalog from his experience at BBVA. At the same time Blanco reviews the methodology of work of his team, based in the United States.
One of the tools used by large Networks to win the battle against their rivals is the Application Programming Interface (API), algorithms that manage large-scale data and open up new business opportunities.
If you want to know more about the open source philosophy, BBVAopen4u makes it easy for you with a selection of five e-books. They will bring you up to date and help you learn more about the regulation, use, advantages and fundamental role of open source as an engine for innovation.
APIs are not only revolutionizing the business models of companies, but also the way developers work. This technology streamlines and simplifies their work and introduces flexibility and new perspectives.
Groovy is a pretty interesting programming language for Java developers, as it has become a perfect complement for this general purpose syntax. As a matter of fact, Groovy introduces interesting features to get where Java cannot.
BBVA API_Market participates in the Amazon Web Services Summit in Madrid (AWS Summit) today, May 17, to detail the implementation of Amazon AWS's ECS (Elastic Container Service), compatible with Docker technology, in API_Market Products and Microservices and in ECS: Managed Service.
Four of the most widely used tools for creating simple conversational chatbots are API.ai, Motion.ai, Smooch.io and Gupshup.io, whilst Chatfuel is an excellent alternative. The idea is to be able to launch bots on messaging platforms and social networks, such as Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Slack and WeChat, in three or four steps.
Current APIs are set to naturally evolve toward conversation APIs, interfaces that perform searches and provide responses to queries using natural language via conversational user interfaces. Innovation depends on early adoption of APIs as a means of launching products, and the integration of an open developer community within work processes.
