Mitch Masia
Building awesome products using React, React Native, GraphQL, and Elixir.
How to API ⚡
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A journey to the center of internet
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Cloud Computing & DevOps Application Security
UI/UX, Marketing, Sales, Strategy
Mitch Masia
System Architecture Databases
Startups
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Client
API
Database
Web Service
Result
HTTP(S) Protocol
HTTP
VS
HTTPS
- 1xx Informational
- 2xx Success
- 3xx Redirection
- 4xx Client Error
- 5xx Server Error
- ex. 100 Continue
- ex. 200 Ok
- ex. 301 Permanent
- ex. 404 Not found
- ex. 502 Server error
Client-Server Architecture
Client
Server
Client-Server Architecture
Client
API
Web Service
Database
Client - Overview
Typically the client is you, the browser, or the one making the request.
Client - Analogy
A customer at a restaurant that wants to get something to eat
Client - Example
Client - Code
Client - Health Informatics
API - Overview
Application Programming Interface - at its most basic level, allows your product or service to talk to other products or services
API - Analogy
Waiter at a Restaurant who communicates with the kitchen and brings you what you want. You can also ask them questions.
The menu is the API documentation (show them some really good API docs)
API - Example
Show some Swagger API docs
&
Postman Request
API - Health Informatics
API - Resources
Web Service - Overview
The web service typically lives on the server and houses business logic or functionality of the application. The web service will communication with the database and other applications fulfill requests.
Web Service - Analogy
A web service fulfills requests from the waiter. They transform raw ingredients (requests) into the things you want.
The chef, bartender, busboy, sommelier, host(ess)
Web Service - Example
Web Service - Health Informatics
Apple
HealthKit
ca Technologies
Healthcare API Management
fitbit
Api Platform
Database - Overview
A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated.
Database - Analogy
Refrigerator, Alcohol Supply, Grocery store is an off-site database.
Database - Example
Database - Health Informatics
Show Grater DB
MLab (NoSQL)
Bonus: AWS or Azure
Glossary
Backend
CMS
DNS
Frontend
JSON,XML
HIPAA
GDPR
SSL
Database
Hosting
SEO
ML/AI
Questions?
How to API
By Mitch Masia
