API Strategy & Practice Conference 2018

Simple web APIs are where every company, organization, institution, and government agency should begin their API journey. However, APIs that are enjoying more traction with their consumers are beginning to evolve in how they deliver their API infrastructure using a more event-driven approach. Building on a successful API management strategy, these more mature API providers are adding webhooks, streaming, and publish and subscribe models on top of their existing request and response approach to delivering APIs using the web. Let's take a moment to learn from the API rockstars like Stripe, Slack, and Twilio, as well as the growing number of API pioneers who are investing heavily in their event-driven infrastructure in 2018.