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Instructor: So what is the agenda of this course?

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What are we going to talk about?

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So of course we will start with

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the obligatory Welcome session,

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which is actually the lecture that we are in right now.

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Next, we'll talk about API basics.

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Now note it's not web API basics, but API basics.

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We will understand what exactly an API is

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and where should we use it.

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After that, we'll dive into web API.

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We will explain what a web API is

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and we will explore some kinds of web API,

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and then we'll start talking about REST.

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We will explain what REST is,

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and what are the basic components of REST.

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Then we will have some introduction to our mocking tools.

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First is Beeceptor, and after it Postman.

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After that we will dive in into the REST specifications.

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We will understand what an HTTP verb is,

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and how to use the correct HTTP verbs.

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We will talk about the URL structure, which I must say,

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this is probably the most important lecture

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in all this course.

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After that we will discuss response codes,

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what are they and which codes should be used.

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We'll talk about documentation,

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how to make sure our API is well documented

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and easy to use for our clients.

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We'll talk about versioning, how to version our API,

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where to put the version.

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After that, we'll have a glimpse

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on authentication and authorization.

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It's more of a high level overview.

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And then we'll discuss some techniques

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to improve the performance of our API.

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Later on, we will discuss monitoring, why it's important,

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and we will also see some very nice demo

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of implementing and monitoring on our API.

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In the next lecture,

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we will discuss some advanced topics related to REST API,

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some techniques that you might never use,

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but you should always know that they exist.

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And then we will conclude.

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Great, so this is the agenda.

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As you can see, it's a very comprehensive one,

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and I'm sure at the end of this course,

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you will know really everything there is to know

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about REST API.

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And now let's discuss API basics.