API designing and testing for business analysts
Analysts Corner
APRIL 30, 2023
API designing is one of the key skills required for tech BA roles. Read to understand the tasks and responsibilities involved. Continue reading on Analyst’s corner »
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Article: API Design Reviews Are Dead. Long Live API Design Reviews!
InfoQ Articles
MAY 22, 2023
To design APIs at scale, it takes deliberate effort to create consistency and make several discrete APIs feel like a platform. This requires an efficient and useful API design review process. By Jason Harmon
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Top API Design Tools: Streamlining Development for Success
Astera
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Well-designed and robust APIs are the foundation of a successful application development process. However, a recent survey found that many companies face challenges when designing APIs, to be precise 31% seem to struggle. 14% also mentioned that not having the right tools adds to the task of creating a good API.
Article: Design-First Approach to API Development: How to Implement and Why It Works and How to Implement It
InfoQ Articles
APRIL 28, 2022
With the rapid growth of the API industry, developers and technology leaders alike need to know how to create a successful and scalable API program that will drive business value. Developers should consider prioritizing a design-first approach to building APIs which will ensure a positive experience for all stakeholders.
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SOAP vs. REST: Which API Design is Right for Your Business?
Astera
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
According to Slashdata , nearly 90% of developers use APIs in some capacity. APIs enable developers to efficiently build software applications by abstracting away the complexity of low-level software layers—allowing developers to focus on core functionalities. There are two main API building methods: SOAP and REST. What is SOAP?
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Article: Why Design Systems Need APIs - Q&A with Louis Chenais, Chief Evangelist at Specify
InfoQ Articles
JULY 21, 2021
Design systems exist for their business value: help organizations reach brand consistency across many platforms like the web, Android, or iOS. Design APIs strive to connect the consumers and the contributors of a design system through the tools they use on a daily basis. By Louis Chenais.
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Requirements & API: Definitions
Analysts Corner
MARCH 10, 2024
Foreword In recent years, I wrote several materials about API design and last year (2023) did a local workshops and online webinars titled “Requirements & API”. Those materials targeted for Business Analysts and Product Owners who want to learn about APIs. What is API? Here , you can check the entire plan.
Firefighting in the Dependency Hell and Notes about Managing Dependencies
Analysts Corner
APRIL 7, 2024
In my world, dependency means an API or a software library. Define and strictly follow API contracts established between the parties. The API layer that exposes RESTful API to be consumed by upstream layers. The Integration layers consume those APIs and provide data enrichment from 3rd party services.
Is Data Analytics Ushering in the Modern Age of Weather Forecasting?
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 26, 2021
Modern weather forecasting apps and websites are built using robust application programming interfaces (APIs). Whether you’re using a specialized app that’s been specifically designed for your industry or a generic weather app, it uses an API to access weather data. from various sources. from various sources.
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Experience Code-Free Connectivity to CRMs using Astera CAPI Connectors
Astera
MAY 2, 2024
If you use a CRM system and want to integrate it with your applications and systems, you can use Astera’s Custom API (CAPI) Connectors for seamless connectivity within minutes. This intuitive interface empowers users to connect with any platform that supports API effortlessly. Step 2: Set the API Import Source as Custom Connectors.
Azure Architecture Explained | Simplilearn
Simplilearn
MARCH 22, 2021
Cloud computing is redefining how modern applications are being designed. Each service communicates with one another through application programming interfaces (API) or asynchronous messaging. Instead of creating applications as monoliths, cloud technology has allowed them to be broken down into smaller, decentralized microservices.
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Smarten Support Portal Updates – December – 2022!
ElegantJ BI
JANUARY 10, 2023
Embedded / API Integration : API Call to rebuild cubes / datasets. Smarten-Dashboard-Design-Best-Practices. If you have not registered yet, Click Here to obtain your login credentials. Knowledgebase Articles. LDAP/AD : AD Integration in Smarten. Predictive Use cases. Handling Missing Values using Smarten Augmented Analytics.
How to integrate third party applications with Microsoft Dynamics 365
BizAcuity
JANUARY 17, 2020
Microsoft offers a host of APIs that make this integration easy and simple. The benefits of integrating with Dynamics 365 software using the company’s APIs include lower development costs, greater scalability, and faster implementations. Faster Scalability – It is easy to add and upgrade technology with Dynamics 365 APIs.
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Smarten Support Portal Updates – December – 2022!
ElegantJ BI
JANUARY 10, 2023
If you have not registered yet, Click Here to obtain your login credentials. We are here to help and to support your business goals and success!
Smarten Support Portal Updates – December – 2022!
ElegantJ BI
JANUARY 10, 2023
If you have not registered yet, Click Here to obtain your login credentials. We are here to help and to support your business goals and success!
API First vs Code First: Selecting the Right Approach to Building Products
Astera
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The ever-growing demand for digital solutions across industries has led to the prominence of two approaches to product development: API First and Code First. The Traditional Code-First Approach The traditional code-first approach focuses on writing the code logic first and then designing the API based on the implemented functionality.
What Is REST API? How To Build A RESTful Web Service
BA Careers
DECEMBER 10, 2022
What Is REST API? REST API is a term that describes how data is transferred between different applications over the internet. REST APIs are often used in mobile apps, websites, and other software programs. REST APIs are designed to work with HTTP requests and responses.
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API Developer Portal: Importance and Best Practices
Astera
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
As businesses grow, their interactions with a variety of internal, external, and third-party APIs become more prevalent. According to the Developers Economic Survey 2023 , over 90% of developers use APIs to accelerate digital interactions, with 74% of developers using third-party APIs. What is an API Developer Portal?
DirectX Visualization Optimizes Analytics Algorithmic Traders
Smart Data Collective
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Simply put, DirectX is a string of application programming interfaces (APIs) that offer low-level access to computer hardware. And as if that’s not enough, DirectWrite , a component of the DirectX API, provides the following helpful features and more: . Helps in the design of simple geometric shapes for visual data analysis.
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Top 6 Mulesoft Alternatives & Competitors in 2024
Astera
JANUARY 19, 2024
Built on Java, its Anypoint Platform acts as a comprehensive solution for API management, design, monitoring, and analytics. Some of Mulesoft’s key features include: API-Led Connectivity: Mulesoft facilitates the creation, management, and scaling of APIs, allowing organizations to improve connectivity with applications.
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Top Tools for Your Cloud Data Security Stack in 2023
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 15, 2023
Piiano piiano Piiano is a cloud security platform that offers real-time protection for cloud-based applications and APIs. The tool is designed to work seamlessly with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Mesos. There are two primary services: Piiano Scanner and Piiano Vault.
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Fast and Flexible Access to Data with Tableau's Google BigQuery (JDBC) Connector
Tableau
APRIL 3, 2023
New functionalities in Google BigQuery (JDBC) Storage API The BigQuery Storage Read API (formerly known as the High Throughput API) is a Google BigQuery API designed specifically for pulling large amounts of data out of Google Cloud’s BigQuery. Let’s take a look at the Google BigQuery (JDBC) connector.
API Calls and How do They Work? A Complete Guide
Astera
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, serve as a set of rules and protocols that enable different software applications to communicate with one another. In short, the back and forth amongst applications occurs through API calls. What are API Calls? The concept is pretty simple, but what goes on behind the scenes?
The Importance of Data Analytics with IPTV Middleware CMS
Smart Data Collective
MAY 14, 2021
The API, or the application programming interface, of your IPTV/OTT platform, is the intuitive administration interface that defines how all of the software and hardware in your system communicates. UI Design and Management. The UI design of your IPTV/OTT platform is important for both your clients and management operators.
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Analyst’s corner digest #14
Analysts Corner
MAY 28, 2023
It’s for product managers, user researchers, design thinkers, and everyone who facilitates as a part of their job. It is absolutely critical to understand the intricacies of designing them — both functional and technical. It is absolutely critical to understand the intricacies of designing them — both functional and technical.
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Article: Consistency, Coupling, and Complexity at the Edge
InfoQ Articles
AUGUST 11, 2021
Successful use of a microservices architecture requires maintaining a clear separation of concerns in the various layers and by employing design principles best suited to each layer. While RESTful API design has become the standard for microservices, it can cause problems at the UI layer.
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Extend Your Visual Analytics with Tableau Viz Extensions
Tableau
JANUARY 8, 2024
We wanted to empower the community to play an active role in the designing and developing their own viz types they use in Tableau. Viz Extensions extend the capabilities of what Tableau can visualize, adding more tools for people to explore insights and present information in entirely new designs and layouts.
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5 Ways No-Code API Management Enables Digital Transformation
Astera
APRIL 11, 2023
As companies embrace new technologies to stay ahead of the competition, APIs have become a crucial component of modern software development, allowing businesses to integrate different systems and applications and share data seamlessly, both internally and externally, within a few minutes.
5 Ways No-Code API Management Enables Digital Transformation
Astera
APRIL 11, 2023
As companies embrace new technologies to stay ahead of the competition, APIs have become a crucial component of modern software development, allowing businesses to integrate different systems and applications and share data seamlessly, both internally and externally, within a few minutes.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Benefits of Cloud-Based Enterprises
Smart Data Collective
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
It is designed to provide servers online and offline in the fastest way possible. All of the above lets the developer fully test Amazon API web services for their software. It allows you to create a private environment in the cloud that uses the same concept and design as a local area network; Amazon Route 53. Free Trial.
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Demystifying Web API vs Rest API: A Comparison
Astera
MAY 25, 2023
Demystifying Web API vs Rest API: A Comparison Do you ever wonder what makes our digital world work the way it does? Well, there’s a secret ingredient at play here: APIs (Web API & Rest API). There are two main types of APIs: REST (Representational State Transfer) and Web. What Are APIs?
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API Lifecycle Management: The Roadmap to High-Performing APIs
Astera
JANUARY 18, 2023
APIs now drive most digital interactions. In fact, according to the Developers Economic Survey , over 90% of developers use APIs to accelerate digital interactions. But what exactly does API lifecycle management entails? What is API Lifecycle Management? Why Is API Lifecycle Management Important?
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Inside the Release: Tableau 2022.2 for Developers
Tableau
JULY 12, 2022
Enable embedded web authoring and more with the Embedding API v3.2. Now, with the Embedding API v3.2 , you can bring even more powerful analytics capabilities into your applications and web portals, including embedded web authoring. The Embedding API provides a web component that you can place in your HTML code.
How to Build an API in 4 Steps with Astera Data Services
Astera
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Jeff Bezos, in his API mandate, made it compulsory for every team at Amazon to expose its functionality and data through API interfaces and restricted communication through these interfaces. Amazon is proof of what APIs (application programming interfaces) can do for a business. Convinced by the potential of APIs?
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A Guide to API-Led Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Astera
APRIL 20, 2023
A Guide to API-Led Digital Transformation in Healthcare The US healthcare industry is grappling with several issues, from surging costs and inefficient management to declining levels of care. One of the most exciting breakthroughs in this regard is the adoption of APIs. And this is where API-led healthcare transformation can help.
Inside the Release: Tableau 2022.2 for Developers
Tableau
JULY 12, 2022
Enable embedded web authoring and more with the Embedding API v3.2. Now, with the Embedding API v3.2 , you can bring even more powerful analytics capabilities into your applications and web portals, including embedded web authoring. The Embedding API provides a web component that you can place in your HTML code.
Top 5 Tools for Building an Interactive Analytics App
Smart Data Collective
OCTOBER 27, 2021
You can use firebolt programmatically through REST API, JDBC, and SDKs — that makes it easy to use. It is designed for business agility, and that is why it is highly scalable. It is a high-performing database that is designed to build fast, modern data applications. hour (Engine:1 x c5d.4xlarge). Google BigQuery.
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CRUD APIs: Benefits & Data Handling Techniques
Astera
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
CRUD APIs form the backbone of modern connectivity between digital systems. These APIs empower users to interact with software, serving as an important component for digital systems. The key benefits of CRUD APIs are: Simplicity: CRUD APIs are intuitive and straightforward to understand.
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Best Azure ETL Tools For 2024
Astera
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
These tools are designed to extract data from disparate sources, transform it into a consistent format, and load it into a centralized data warehouse like Azure Synapse. Integration: ETL tools for Azure Data Warehouse support integration with various data sources, including databases, cloud storage, APIs, and more. Integrate.io
Replacing Legacy. Part 5: Cloud, SaaS Legacy, and AI
Analysts Corner
JANUARY 29, 2024
However, most legacy systems are monolithic just because that was the way to design software in the past. Another aspect of a legacy environment is that some lousy design decisions might be imposed for the sake of compatibility. But even that requires heavy effort in designing, integrating, and operating such a system.
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Side Hustle Ideas for Experienced Data Scientists in 2022
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 5, 2022
Data scientists can develop their own customized data mining tools that use the Google Keyword Planner API to find the best keywords for their business. Graphic designs that can be printed or used online. If you’re good at graphic designs and know how to use the software to create them, then why not consider selling these graphics?
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Press Release: Astera Launches Code-Free API Lifecycle Management Solution, Astera Data Services at Big Data LDN 2022
Astera
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The new API Management solution allows businesses to effortlessly consume, develop, and publish APIs and securely share them with their stakeholders. September 21, 2022, Olympia, London – Astera today launched a new code-free API lifecycle management solution, Astera Data Services, at Big Data LDN.
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Types of Data Pipelines: Maximizing Efficiency
Astera
JUNE 13, 2023
The Three Main Stages in a Data Pipeline Extraction: Data is gathered from diverse sources, such as databases, APIs, or files. Data Pipelines in Astera Data Stack Integration Solution Astera Centerprise utilizes intuitive visual workflows to design and execute end-to-end data pipelines.
Types of Data Pipelines: Maximizing Efficiency
Astera
JUNE 13, 2023
The Three Main Stages in a Data Pipeline Extraction: Data is gathered from diverse sources, such as databases, APIs, or files. Data Pipelines in Astera Data Stack Integration Solution Astera Centerprise utilizes intuitive visual workflows to design and execute end-to-end data pipelines.
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