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This PR adds all the guides from [Visual Guides](https://bytebytego.com/guides/) section on bytebytego to the repository with proper links. - [x] Markdown files for guides and categories are placed inside `data/guides` and `data/categories` - [x] Guide links in readme are auto-generated using `scripts/readme.ts`. Everytime you run the script `npm run update-readme`, it reads the categories and guides from the above mentioned folders, generate production links for guides and categories and populate the table of content in the readme. This ensures that any future guides and categories will automatically get added to the readme. - [x] Sorting inside the readme matches the actual category and guides sorting on production
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| The Ultimate API Learning Roadmap | Your guide to mastering APIs: from basics to advanced techniques. | https://assets.bytebytego.com/diagrams/0361-the-ultimate-api-learning-roadmap.png | 2024-03-14 | false |
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APIs are the backbone of communication over the Internet. Every developer needs to learn about APIs. Here’s a roadmap that covers the most important topics:
- Introduction to APIs
- API is a set of protocols and tools for building applications. Different types of APIs exist, such as public, private, and partner.
- API Terminologies
- Various API terminologies, such as HTTP versions, cookies, and caching, need to be understood.
- API Styles
- The most common API styles are REST, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets
- API Authentication
- API Authentication techniques like Basic Auth, Token, JWTs, OAuth, and Session Auth
- API Documentation
- A good API is understandable. API Documentation tools like Swagger, Postman, Redoc, and DapperDox make it possible.
- API Features
- Key API features include pagination, parameters, idempotency, API versioning, HATEOAS, and content negotiation
- API Performance Techniques
- Common API performance techniques are caching, rate limiting, load balancing, pagination, DB indexing, scaling, and performance testing.
- API Gateways
- Learn about API Gateways such as Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Services, Kong, Nginx, etc.
- API Implementation Frameworks
- The most popular API development frameworks are Node.js, Spring, Flask, Django, and FastAPI
- API Integration Patterns
- Learn about various API integration patterns such as gateways, event-driven, webhook, polling, and batch processing.