API Design
RESTful resource modeling, OpenAPI specifications, gRPC Protocol Buffers, rate limiting, and API versioning strategies.
Fielding constraints, Richardson Maturity Model, HTTP method semantics, URI taxonomy, and idempotency key patterns.
REST Resource Architecture & HTTP Verbs
Master REST architectural constraints, safe and idempotent HTTP verbs, resource naming conventions, and idempotency keys.
Contract-First development, OpenAPI 3.1 architecture, JSON Schema validation, and automated client SDK generation.
OpenAPI (Swagger) Specification & Contracts
Learn Contract-First API development, OpenAPI 3.1 specification components, JSON Schema rules, and breaking change detection.
gRPC architecture, Protocol Buffers binary wire encoding, HTTP/2 multiplexing, streaming patterns, and schema evolution.
gRPC Protocol Buffers & High-Performance RPCs
Master Protocol Buffers Varint wire encoding, HTTP/2 transport multiplexing, gRPC streaming patterns, and schema evolution rules.
API Gateway patterns, Token Bucket rate limiting, Redis Lua atomic scripts, HMAC request signing, and versioning evolution.
API Security, Rate Limiting & Versioning
Understand API gateway traffic governance, Token Bucket rate limit algorithms, HMAC-SHA256 request authentication, and API deprecation lifecycles.