Programming
API Style Choices
APIs come in many different styles and types. Before running into a style we need to understand the different options and the trade offs that we are making.
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Programming
Integrating Salesforce With Other Apps – A Series!
Salesforce has really transformed a lot of companies I've been involved with because it's made the sales team way more effective and allowed all people that need access to know what's going on. Integrating Salesforce with other apps has the potential to dramatically improve efficiency and productivity in businesses.
JavaScript
How to Perform SOAP Requests With Node.js
SOAP is basically an XML based API that existed before the REST API existed. SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol - it's a mostly legacy protocol that was designed for doing remote api requests in a language independent way. From time to time unfortunately, we'll need to call a SOAP API.
Programming
Why you shouldn’t use GraphQL
GraphQL is gaining traction in the software development world because it offers an alternative to the traditional REST architecture. Here's why I don't think it's ready for common use.
Programming
5 Best Practices for Designing RESTful APIs
Over the years, I have been really blessed to work on a number of API developments and to be able to consume…
Programming
Understanding the Different Salesforce APIs
Reasons to Integrate Salesforce is part of the blog post series: Integrating Salesforce With Other Apps – A Series! Salesforce has a few…
Programming
HTTP Status Codes Explained
As part of the HTTP protocol HTTP Status Codes are returned to allow software to easily identify what the problem is and what they should do in response.
Programming
What is An API
API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface. An API is a way for two applications to talk to one another. I…