How Close Are We to Reaching the "Promised Land" of API Management?

At Developer Week 2024, Alex Drag from Gravitee.io shared insights into the best practices for API Platform creation, focusing on making developers' lives easier.

Alex describes as "The Promised Land" for API management—a state where the process of building, exposing, securing, and ultimately finding and consuming the APIs needed for better application development is seamless and efficient.

The Promised Land

Alex began by painting a picture of an ideal world where developers easily understand the needs for API development and have the tools to either find pre-existing APIs within their organization or build new ones efficiently.

This utopia includes streamlined processes for API subscription and consumption, devoid of red tape, ensuring quick deployment and reliable monitoring in production.

The aim is for a cycle that rapidly responds to and resolves any arising issues, making the entire process from understanding the need to resolving issues incredibly swift and efficient.

Challenges Along the Way

However, reaching this ideal state is fraught with challenges.

Many organizations struggle with cataloging APIs, leading to redundant development efforts. Even when APIs are cataloged, outdated documentation and insecure subscription processes can hinder progress.

The talk highlighted the need for reliable API catalogs, updated documentation, and secure, easy subscription methods to avoid these pitfalls.

Towards Solutions

Alex emphasized that there is no one-size-fits-all solution but introduced full lifecycle API management as a potent approach.

Using Gravitee.io's platform, he demonstrated how API proxies could be created and published to an API catalog efficiently, allowing easy and secure API subscription and consumption.

The demonstration also showcased the versatility of modern API management platforms in handling different API styles and protocols, including event and message brokers like Kafka.

How do you see these practices affecting your work?

How Close Are We to Reaching the "Promised Land" of API Management?

At Developer Week 2024, Alex Drag from Gravitee.io shared insights into the best practices for API Platform creation, focusing on making developers' lives easier.

Alex describes as "The Promised Land" for API management—a state where the process of building, exposing, securing, and ultimately finding and consuming the APIs needed for better application development is seamless and efficient.

The Promised Land

Alex began by painting a picture of an ideal world where developers easily understand the needs for API development and have the tools to either find pre-existing APIs within their organization or build new ones efficiently.

This utopia includes streamlined processes for API subscription and consumption, devoid of red tape, ensuring quick deployment and reliable monitoring in production.

The aim is for a cycle that rapidly responds to and resolves any arising issues, making the entire process from understanding the need to resolving issues incredibly swift and efficient.

Challenges Along the Way

However, reaching this ideal state is fraught with challenges.

Many organizations struggle with cataloging APIs, leading to redundant development efforts. Even when APIs are cataloged, outdated documentation and insecure subscription processes can hinder progress.

The talk highlighted the need for reliable API catalogs, updated documentation, and secure, easy subscription methods to avoid these pitfalls.

Towards Solutions

Alex emphasized that there is no one-size-fits-all solution but introduced full lifecycle API management as a potent approach.

Using Gravitee.io's platform, he demonstrated how API proxies could be created and published to an API catalog efficiently, allowing easy and secure API subscription and consumption.

The demonstration also showcased the versatility of modern API management platforms in handling different API styles and protocols, including event and message brokers like Kafka.

How do you see these practices affecting your work?

How Close Are We to Reaching the "Promised Land" of API Management?

At Developer Week 2024, Alex Drag from Gravitee.io shared insights into the best practices for API Platform creation, focusing on making developers' lives easier.

Alex describes as "The Promised Land" for API management—a state where the process of building, exposing, securing, and ultimately finding and consuming the APIs needed for better application development is seamless and efficient.

The Promised Land

Alex began by painting a picture of an ideal world where developers easily understand the needs for API development and have the tools to either find pre-existing APIs within their organization or build new ones efficiently.

This utopia includes streamlined processes for API subscription and consumption, devoid of red tape, ensuring quick deployment and reliable monitoring in production.

The aim is for a cycle that rapidly responds to and resolves any arising issues, making the entire process from understanding the need to resolving issues incredibly swift and efficient.

Challenges Along the Way

However, reaching this ideal state is fraught with challenges.

Many organizations struggle with cataloging APIs, leading to redundant development efforts. Even when APIs are cataloged, outdated documentation and insecure subscription processes can hinder progress.

The talk highlighted the need for reliable API catalogs, updated documentation, and secure, easy subscription methods to avoid these pitfalls.

Towards Solutions

Alex emphasized that there is no one-size-fits-all solution but introduced full lifecycle API management as a potent approach.

Using Gravitee.io's platform, he demonstrated how API proxies could be created and published to an API catalog efficiently, allowing easy and secure API subscription and consumption.

The demonstration also showcased the versatility of modern API management platforms in handling different API styles and protocols, including event and message brokers like Kafka.

How do you see these practices affecting your work?

How Close Are We to Reaching the "Promised Land" of API Management?

At Developer Week 2024, Alex Drag from Gravitee.io shared insights into the best practices for API Platform creation, focusing on making developers' lives easier.

Alex describes as "The Promised Land" for API management—a state where the process of building, exposing, securing, and ultimately finding and consuming the APIs needed for better application development is seamless and efficient.

The Promised Land

Alex began by painting a picture of an ideal world where developers easily understand the needs for API development and have the tools to either find pre-existing APIs within their organization or build new ones efficiently.

This utopia includes streamlined processes for API subscription and consumption, devoid of red tape, ensuring quick deployment and reliable monitoring in production.

The aim is for a cycle that rapidly responds to and resolves any arising issues, making the entire process from understanding the need to resolving issues incredibly swift and efficient.

Challenges Along the Way

However, reaching this ideal state is fraught with challenges.

Many organizations struggle with cataloging APIs, leading to redundant development efforts. Even when APIs are cataloged, outdated documentation and insecure subscription processes can hinder progress.

The talk highlighted the need for reliable API catalogs, updated documentation, and secure, easy subscription methods to avoid these pitfalls.

Towards Solutions

Alex emphasized that there is no one-size-fits-all solution but introduced full lifecycle API management as a potent approach.

Using Gravitee.io's platform, he demonstrated how API proxies could be created and published to an API catalog efficiently, allowing easy and secure API subscription and consumption.

The demonstration also showcased the versatility of modern API management platforms in handling different API styles and protocols, including event and message brokers like Kafka.

How do you see these practices affecting your work?

How Close Are We to Reaching the "Promised Land" of API Management?

At Developer Week 2024, Alex Drag from Gravitee.io shared insights into the best practices for API Platform creation, focusing on making developers' lives easier.

Alex describes as "The Promised Land" for API management—a state where the process of building, exposing, securing, and ultimately finding and consuming the APIs needed for better application development is seamless and efficient.

The Promised Land

Alex began by painting a picture of an ideal world where developers easily understand the needs for API development and have the tools to either find pre-existing APIs within their organization or build new ones efficiently.

This utopia includes streamlined processes for API subscription and consumption, devoid of red tape, ensuring quick deployment and reliable monitoring in production.

The aim is for a cycle that rapidly responds to and resolves any arising issues, making the entire process from understanding the need to resolving issues incredibly swift and efficient.

Challenges Along the Way

However, reaching this ideal state is fraught with challenges.

Many organizations struggle with cataloging APIs, leading to redundant development efforts. Even when APIs are cataloged, outdated documentation and insecure subscription processes can hinder progress.

The talk highlighted the need for reliable API catalogs, updated documentation, and secure, easy subscription methods to avoid these pitfalls.

Towards Solutions

Alex emphasized that there is no one-size-fits-all solution but introduced full lifecycle API management as a potent approach.

Using Gravitee.io's platform, he demonstrated how API proxies could be created and published to an API catalog efficiently, allowing easy and secure API subscription and consumption.

The demonstration also showcased the versatility of modern API management platforms in handling different API styles and protocols, including event and message brokers like Kafka.

How do you see these practices affecting your work?