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TechTalk:CALiveAPICreator:APIServersandtheAppEconomyValHuber- ConsultingEngineer- CATechnologies

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Abstract

TheAppEconomyisbeingdefinedinthousandsofenterprisesaswespeak,butcertainlyhaskeyrequirementsthatinclude:•Multi-channelaccess—systemsthatareopentoWebapps,mobileapps,internalsystemsandpartnersystems•Enforceddataintegrityandsecurity—wecannolongerenforcebusinesslogicinourUIcontrollers;ithastobecentrallyenforced•Integration—thedetailsofhowsystemsarecreatedanddeployedshouldhavenobearingonmulti-channelaccess,buttheyneedtointegratemultipleinternaldatabasesandinteractwithpartnersystems•Businessagility— iftheAppEconomymeansoursystemsdefinehowwedobusiness,thenwemustbeabletocreate(andalter)thesesystemsasnearaspossibletoreal-timespeed•Simplicity—thereareonlysomanyrocketscientists;youshouldbeabletocompeteintheAppEconomywithsoftwarethatleveragesthestrengthsofasmanypeopleinyourorganizationaspossible,includingnon-developersThistalkwillprovideaspecificexampleofhowAPIscanrespondtothesechallenges,includingtake-homecode.

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Agenda

APPECONOMYEXAMPLE

REQUIREMENTS

MANAGINGANAPISERVER

CHALLENGES

SOLUTION

CREATINGANAPI SERVER

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2

3

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5

6

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APIServers…fortheAppEconomyWiththeAgility toCompete

Web

Mobile

Partners

WebHooks

DBsAPI

Server

OmniChannelBusiness

Shippers,Suppliers

1Integration

3

2

Logic

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APIsareaChallenge.LogicIsWorse.LargeProjects,Code-Intensive:Slow,Complex,UnevenQuality

BackendisNearlyHalf,plusSubstantialBackOfficeUI.

BigNumbers:20pages,pertable(1-2months)DozenstoHundredsofTables

UI- FrontOffice30%

UI- BackOffice25%

Backend-SQL10%

Backend-Logic25%

Backend-Integration

10%

SYSTEMCOMPONENTS

Logic

Integration

API

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APIServers…fortheAppEconomyConventionalApproachProvides…Stubs?!!

Web

Mobile

Partners

WebHooks

DBsAPI

Server

OmniChannelBusiness

Shippers,Suppliers

1Integration

3

2

LogicRaml,Swagger

Stubs

Restify Schema(?) YourCode

Goes..Where?

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APIServerAgilityfortheAppEconomy

Web

Mobile

Partners

WebHooks

DBsAPI

Server

OmniChannelBusiness

Shippers,Suppliers

1Integration

3

2

Logic

ClientLogic• Read/Write• Display• MobileAppServices

APILogic- Automated• NestedDocumentModel• MappingandTransformationLogic• Pagination,OptimisticLocking• GeneratedKeyHandling• Extensible– tags,JavaScript• SharedServerLogicInvocation

ReactiveLogic• Multi-TableDerivationsandValidations• Row/ColumnSecurity• Extensible– JavaScript,Libraries• AutomaticObjectModel

IntegrationLogic• Webhook Creation• Webhook Processing• SalesForce,SAP,…

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1.In-ComingRequestsResources:AbstractionLayer• Point/clickMappingandTransformation

• NestedDocumentModel

• SchemaHiding,forAPIConsumers

ActivatesUnderlyingLogic• SeparateConcerns:APIvs.BackendLogic

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2.ReactiveLogic

40XMoreConcise

Conventional:~500LinesofCode

LiveAPICreator:13Rules

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3.Out-goingRequests– SystemsIntegration

AutomaticObjectModel

Discovery– CodeCompletion

Resources– point/clickmapping

andtransformation

Extensibility– LoadableLibraries

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3.DatabaseIntegration

DifferentServers

DifferentServerTypes

OptimizedCross-DBJoins

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ReactiveLogic

EnableInstantBusinessRelationshipsAPIsShareLogic.Automatically.

APILogicPoint/Click

AutomaticallyInvokedforallAPS

Agility:40XMoreConcise

Maintenance:automaticallyordered

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ManagingYourAPIsAgilityfortheAppEconomy

Web

Mobile

Partners

WebHooks

DBsAPI

Server

OmniChannelBusiness

Shippers,Suppliers

Gateway• Security(SSO)

• Throttling

• Transformation

Portal• Discovery

• Documentation

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LAC:EnterpriseAgilityfortheAppEconomyKeyServices,foraDramaticReductioninEffort

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20

40

60

80

100

APILogic BusinessLogic

YourEffort

Conventional LAC

Functionality

Logic

APILogicAbstractionLayer

Restify SchemaStubs

Conventional

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InstantBusinessRelationships

InstantAPICreation,ReactiveLogic,plus…

AutomaticLogicReuse

InstantBusinessRelationships

APIsRequireLogic…NotAgile

ThinAPIsareincompletewithoutthecriticallogicandintegration.

Andthat’swheremostoftheworklies– notagile.

AgilityviaReactiveLogic

InnovativeReactiveLogic:40Xmoreconcise

APIswithLogicandIntegration

N-foldfaster thanconventionalcoding.

APIs– TableStakesfortheAppEconomyWith,AgilitytoCompete

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