API Intersection

API Intersection Trailer Bonus Episode 14 Season 1

An Open-Source Spotlight: the API Platform Framework feat. Kevin Dunglas, CEO at Les-Tilleuls.coop

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In our recent podcast episode, we spoke with Kevin Dunglas, CEO at Les-Tilleuls.coop, which is an organization made up of API experts that created the open-source framework, API Platform. Appropriately fitting into our Open-Source October theme, our conversation with Kevin included some implementation tips and a walkthrough of the benefits of API Platform and how it utilizes OpenAPI.

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Show Notes

In our recent podcast episode, we spoke with Kevin Dunglas, CEO at Les-Tilleuls.coop, which is an organization made up of API experts that created the open-source framework, API Platform. Appropriately fitting into our Open-Source October theme, our conversation with Kevin included some implementation tips and a walkthrough of the benefits of API Platform and how it utilizes OpenAPI. Check out some of our biggest takeaways:

The Goal of API Platform
"The goal of API Platform is to be very easy to use so that developers can create a prototype and start working on the project quickly. And then to scale that project from there."

API Platform as an Open-Source Framework
"Using API Platform, the goal is to scale a tiny prototype to production of a deeper project without having to touch much of the code. And mostly thanks to the open-source community, we've been able to improve the framework's extensibility. It's because it's an open-source project that we are able to have this ability to do something very quickly but also to scale effectively."

Utilizing PHP in the API Platform Framework
 
"We hesitated when we started the project to use PHP at the time, but PHP was still very popular in France, and Symphony is still very popular as well, so we stuck with it. PHP is improving every year, and PHP 81 will have a lot of exciting new features."

Do you have a question you'd like answered, or a topic you want to see in a future episode? Let us know here:
https://stoplight.io/question/

What is API Intersection?

Building a successful API requires more than just coding.

It starts with collaborative design, focuses on creating a great developer experience, and ends with getting your company on board, maintaining consistency, and maximizing your API’s profitability.

In the API Intersection, you’ll learn from experienced API practitioners who transformed their organizations, and get tangible advice to build quality APIs with collaborative API-first design.

Jason Harmon brings over a decade of industry-recognized REST API experience to discuss topics around API design, governance, identity/auth versioning, and more.

They’ll answer listener questions, and discuss best practices on API design (definition, modeling, grammar), Governance (multi-team design, reviewing new API’s), Platform Transformation (culture, internal education, versioning) and more.

They’ll also chat with experienced API practitioners from a wide array of industries to draw out practical takeaways and insights you can use.

Have a question for the podcast? DM us or tag us on Twitter at @stoplightio.