Applying the USE Paradigm When Designing Your APIs

Create Usable, Scalable & Evolvable APIs

The USE (usable, scalable, evolvable) paradigm provides an extremely useful guide when creating high-level interfaces for existing business objects and data storage. In this interactive session, originally broadcast live as part of the Tech Talk Tuesday series, Layer 7 Technologies Principal API Architect Mike Amundsen provides detailed insight into how the USE paradigm contributes to effective API design.

Viewer questions answered in this Tech Talk include:

• How can you measure the usability of an API?
• How can an API evolve? 
• What kinds of developer tools can be used to support the USE Paradigm?