The @SmartBear State of Software Quality | #API 2021 report made for some interesting reading, a few highlights https://twitter.com/fintanr/status/1446401661300269077 …
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Firstly the usual caveats on participants and selection bias, there is a useful demographics section at the start.
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For business drivers the interoperation between systems is higher than I expected, but this is good to see /cc
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The type of experience the
#APIs support is interesting. Not surprising, but some of the noisiest areas (like events) are smaller than all the noise would indicate. But that will change.. /cc@SmartBearpic.twitter.com/UWBd7x5Du31 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
This is partly reflected in the protocols used - REST unsurprisingly leads, SOAP is far from dead and SFTP is one of those hidden in the background things that everyone chooses to ignore /cc
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API Management and deployment is also interesting,
@awscloud#api gateway is way out in front. Curious as to how much lambda the respondents are using. /cc@SmartBear1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Reading on what
#API consumers want just doubles down on general developer experience - the top 3 are ease of use, accurate and detailed documentation and service reliability.#devex matters. /cc@SmartBear1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
API documentation processes and importance are improving, but not there yet - but in plus sides the majority of orgs are documenting their
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As usual limited time is a the biggest obstacle to keeping docs up to date. Which will have much larger long term costs - managers need to make sure people have time for docs. /cc
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Examples and Status & Errors are the most important things people look for in
#API documentation (have to say poor examples drive me nuts when I encounter them) /cc@smartbear1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
There is a host of other useful datapoints in the report, well worth some of your time if you are interested in #apis in general. https://smartbear.com/state-of-software-quality/api/ … /cc @smartbear
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