Application Programming Interface: API and Web Services

Welcome to the Application Programming Interface: API and Web Services course!

APIs and Web Services are some of the hottest technologies in the market for building scalable applications!

Understanding and knowing how to build APIs and Web Services can improve the job you have, get you a new job or even create multiple contract roles in the future! These skills are are needed everywhere, and some of the highest paying job postings are asking for developers or IT professionals with API and Web Service experience.

In this Application Programming Interface course I will quickly get you up to speed, by walking you through APIs and Web Services from the beginning to the end! Whether you are interested in expanding your current craft, want to change careers or simply wanting to learn a very popular topic, then this course is for you! You will be learning modern technologies including: HTTP, RESTful & SOAP APIs, Authentication, Authorization, JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and more!

Why are APIs and Web Services taking over the market?

To make it simple, APIs and Web Services covers many aspects of modern development and architectures. Modern architectures that consume APIs include Microservices, SOA and many others, so if you want to get into creating modern applications, APIs are a must. APIs and Web Services allow you to not have to reinvent the wheel. With applications now consuming data over HTTP, this is the perfect time to learn about APIs.