📧 What's inside Pragmatic REST APIs and how it can help YOU

Most developers have a rough idea of what a REST API is. But knowing just enough to get by is costing your team time, creating technical debt, and limiting the scalability of your applications.

A few days ago I launched Pragmatic REST APIs - the comprehensive course that takes you from basic REST concepts to designing production-ready APIs that other developers will thank you for.

This 14+ hour journey will transform how you build web services. Whether you're struggling with inconsistent endpoint design, battling authentication challenges, or just want to level up your API skills, this course provides practical solutions you can implement immediately.

Here's what you'll find inside:

01 - REST Introduction

Start with a solid foundation in REST principles. Learn about the Richardson Maturity Model, API-First approach, and set up your development environment for building robust REST APIs.

02 - Building REST APIs

Master HTTP methods, status codes, and REST best practices. Learn to implement CRUD operations, handle child resources, validation, searching, filtering, sorting, data shaping, and pagination.

03 - HATEOAS and Change Management

Implement HATEOAS to make your APIs more discoverable. Learn content negotiation, API versioning strategies, and how to manage API changes effectively.

04 - Authentication and Authorization

Secure your APIs with token-based authentication, JWT, refresh tokens, and implement role-based and attribute-based authorization. Learn to protect sensitive data and integrate with external APIs (like the GitHub REST API).

05 - Client (UI) Integration

Learn how to integrate REST APIs with client applications. Build a React client, implement batch operations, and use HATEOAS to drive UI behavior. Master OpenAPI client generation for type-safe API consumption.

06 - Advanced REST API Concerns

Take your APIs to the next level with HTTP caching, optimistic locking, cursor pagination, rate limiting, and webhooks. Learn to build resilient and asynchronous REST APIs.

07 - Testing REST APIs

Master different testing approaches including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing. Learn to test external services using WireMock and set up automated testing in CI/CD pipelines.

08 - Documenting REST APIs

Create comprehensive API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger. Learn to document multiple API versions and authentication flows, and explore modern documentation UI alternatives like Scalar.

09 - Deployment and Monitoring

Deploy your REST APIs to Azure, manage database migrations, and implement monitoring with Application Insights. Learn to automate deployments using GitHub Actions for a robust CI/CD pipeline.

But that's not all!

I'm also including some practical and unique bonus chapters.

Bonus #1: REST API Case Studies

Analyze real-world REST APIs from successful companies. Learn from their design decisions, best practices, and implementation strategies.

Bonus #2: Building REST APIs With Minimal APIs

Learn how to build lightweight and high-performance REST APIs using .NET Minimal APIs, and see if they're a match for REST. This chapter is only available in the Community edition.

Bonus #3: Integrating Auth0 as the Identity Provider

Learn how to integrate Auth0 with your REST APIs for robust authentication and authorization. We'll also cover client integration. This chapter is only available in the Community edition.

P.S. You can grab the launch week discount for a few more days.

​Click here to get instant access to Pragmatic REST APIs​

More than 300+ students are already deep into the PRA lessons.

I hope to see you inside the course.

Thanks, and stay awesome!

Milan

Milan Jovanović