In this course, you learn how to design APIs, and how to use OpenAPI specifications to document them. You learn about the API life cycle, and how the Apigee API platform helps you manage all aspects of the life cycle. You learn about how APIs can be designed using API proxies, and how APIs are packaged as API products to be used by app developers.



API Design and Fundamentals of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform
This course is part of Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform Specialization

Instructor: Google Cloud Training
Access provided by New York State Department of Labor
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What you'll learn
Explore and put into practice API design, development and management concepts.
Describe the fundamentals of REST API design.
Describe API products, API product strategies, and how to publish APIs to a developer portal.
Describe Apigee terminology and organizational model based on Apigee product capabilities.
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There are 5 modules in this course
Welcome to API Design and Fundamentals! This is the first course in the Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform series.
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2 videos
This module introduces the Apigee platform, API management, and the API lifecycle.
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5 videos1 assignment
This module introduces the basic concepts of REST API design, API first development, and OpenAPI specifications
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6 videos1 assignment
This module introduces API proxies, proxy and target endpoints, environment groups, route rules, target servers, conditions, flows, and policies
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11 videos2 readings1 assignment3 app items
This module introduces REST API response design, API products, app developers, apps, API keys, and API product strategies
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9 videos1 reading1 assignment1 app item
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Reviewed on Feb 15, 2020
Muy bueno, la explicación es muy clara y especifica, mucha practica lo cual permite evidenciar lo aprendido. Recomendado ampliamente.
Reviewed on Apr 29, 2019
Nice introduction to APIgee.Lab instructions could have be more clear. When working behind corporate proxy, most of the setup wont work. A warning about the same would be great.
Reviewed on Nov 3, 2019
Great course and great instructors. This is an amazing course for people starting with Apigee and wants to learn basics first.
Recommended if you're interested in Computer Science

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