Programming Foundations: APIs and Web Services
This course delves into the core of modern application architectures - web services. It provides a comprehensive understanding of how web services work and how to implement them, skills that are critical for any developer, regardless of the language or platform they use. The course offers a comparison of several popular web service technologies, including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL, detailing each technology's messaging formats. It also provides coding examples in several languages using a variety of server- and client-based implementations. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to secure web services, consume and create RESTful APIs, document an API, create a web service, consume a SOAP web service, and develop APIs using GraphQL.
Skills for certificate:
REST APIs
GraphQL APIs
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Programming Foundations: APIs and Web Services
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Description
This course delves into the core of modern application architectures - web services. It provides a comprehensive understanding of how web services work and how to implement them, skills that are critical for any developer, regardless of the language or platform they use. The course offers a comparison of several popular web service technologies, including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL, detailing each technology's messaging formats. It also provides coding examples in several languages using a variety of server- and client-based implementations. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to secure web services, consume and create RESTful APIs, document an API, create a web service, consume a SOAP web service, and develop APIs using GraphQL.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding web services and their advantages
- Exploring considerations and security measures for web services
- Distinguishing between web services, APIs, and microservices
- Learning about REST and its benefits
- Understanding HATEOAS and how to consume a RESTful API
- Creating and documenting a RESTful API
- Understanding SOAP, its history, and future
- Learning how to consume a SOAP web service
- Creating a SOAP web service
- Exploring GraphQL and the structure of its queries
- Learning how to consume a GraphQL API
- Creating an API with GraphQL