The document discusses challenges in building APIs for mobile and distributed systems, including increasing mobility and agility while maintaining stability. It recommends REST and hypermedia as architectural models, noting that hypermedia enables remote and evolvable systems. The document also examines SOAP, CRUD, and hypermedia approaches, and advocates for a focus on usability, scalability, and evolvability in API design using the "USE" paradigm.
5. Mike Amundsen
Architect, Developer, Presenter
Hypermedia Junkie
Principal API Architect for Layer 7
“Help people build great APIs for the Web”
Personal Mission
“Improve the quality and usability of information on the Web.”
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