My first API project

The start of my exploration on API’s.

Why?

The objective of the exercise is to better understand the different issues surrounding the implementation of modern solutions based on a deployable cloud API architecture.

Platform selection

Many platforms exist, see API Evangelist - August 2015

To limit the choice, I’ll select the platform based on some personal criteria :

  1. Available in open source on Github
  2. BaaS platform or compatible with a BaaS
  3. Fullstack Javascript
  4. Stable release Github - Release

Finalists

I retain the following platforms in my initial experimentation :

  1. apigee via a127
  2. LoopBack
  3. sails
  4. restify

My personal setup

To build my first projet, I will use the Microsoft code editor on an Asus UX305C portable computer. Occasionally, I use c9 order to have a fully available cloud development environment.

It’s a start!

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