In this deep dive, we’ll go through the API design, starting from the basics and advancing towards the best practices that define exceptional APIs. As a developer, you’re likely familiar with many of…

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This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication protocols, REST, GraphQL, and more.

API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices

Queries, Limit, and Idempotence of GET Requests

Great explanations and wonderful visuals. Bookmarked and will reference on my next api build!

As a front-end developer, with little experience on APIs / back-end, I really appreciate it when these articles are language-agnostic.
Would recommend this article to someone starting out with the basic concepts.

Great article! This is quite simple and logical but somehow it’s still overlooked by a lot of API:s out there (some of my own hehe).

Although I am still a beginner, reading this well-constructed and detailed article has helped me understand the concepts of APIs even before getting into it.