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REST APIs, OAuth2 Security and Apigee Edge – FAQ

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              The API economy is growing rapidly, there are no two ways about it. According to estimates, APIs will, on a global scale, form a USD 2.2 trillion industry, by the end of 2018. Within the next two years or so, 3 out of every 4 Fortune 500 firms (on average) will start to operate and… Read More »

Car APIs: Why Every Car Needs An API?

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              Last month, a study revealed that 1 out of every 10 cars worldwide has in-built smart connectivity features. The concept of ‘connected cars’ has been getting a lot of attention lately, with projections indicating that close to 90% of vehicles will have at least some form of smart connectivity within their systems by 2020. As… Read More »

openHAB: What Advantages Does This Home Automation Platform Offer?

OpenHAB home automation platform
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                 By 2017, the total number of smart devices powered by Apple’s HomeKit will touch 40 million. If you think that is a big number, sample this: the shipments of such HomeKit-enabled devices will surpass 180 million by the end of 2020 (a 800% jump from the current figure). While the proliferation of home… Read More »

What’s New In Xcode 8?

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                 Following initial announcement in June (WWDC 2016) and the release of as many as six betas, Apple launched the final stable version of Xcode 8 – the latest iteration of its integrated development environment (IDE) – in September. Initial opinions about the developer toolset have mostly been positive, with many of the new… Read More »

Top 15 Mobile App Development Trends For 2017

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                 According to a recent SurveyMonkey report, global revenues from mobile applications are expected to grow by a jaw-dropping 962.5% between 2011 and 2017 ($8 billion vs $77 billion). With existing markets sustaining high app-usage levels and new markets emerging – Indonesia, Brazil for Google Android and China for Apple iOS – it can… Read More »

External APIs vs Internal APIs: Know The Differences

Comparison of internal apis and external apis
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                 The volume of mobile applications with backend-as-a-service (mBaaS) resources for cloud connectivity is increasing every quarter. A few weeks back, a survey found that APIs are used in nearly 3 out of every 4 apps, to implement core features and functionality (web-based). In the last couple of years or so, the total volume… Read More »

12 API Testing Mistakes You Need To Avoid

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                  As 2016 draws towards its close, APIs (application program interfaces) have emerged as serious revenue-generating tools. In a study comprising of 300 IT companies, it was found that more than 80% of the firms generated annual revenues of $5 million or more, only from APIs. In general too, revenue-generation is viewed as one… Read More »

The 4 Stages Of API Lifecycle – All That You Need To Know

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                 Just like any software-as-a-service (SaaS) resource, APIs too have their very own lifecycles. This lifecycle basically summarizes the entire lifespan of an application program interface, right from initial conception, to deprecation and final retirement. The precise nature of individual API lifecycle varies with its core functionality and the nature of software/business it is… Read More »

13+1 Tips For Smarter RESTful API Development

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                 For accessing and implementing remote services in applications, software developers have two alternative protocol choices for developing APIs. The first (and the older) option is to go with SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) APIs, which fetch data as services. For public APIs in particular though, this approach is no longer that popular. In… Read More »

How To Design Your APIs? Here Are Some Useful Tips!

API designing tips and pointers
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                 Like every other type of software, the success of application program interfaces (APIs) hinges crucially on the type of user-experience they provide. There is, however, a significant point of difference. While user-oriented software (mobile apps, for instance) need to be easily usable for the general public, APIs have to be accepted by developers… Read More »