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APIs for Beginners 2023 - How to use an API (Full Course / Tutorial)

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Overview

This course teaches beginners about APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), including what they are, why they are important, and how to use them. Students will gain hands-on experience with popular web APIs and learn about tools for exploring APIs. The course covers topics such as defining interfaces, remote APIs, RESTful API constraints, serverless architecture, and writing server-side APIs. The intended audience for this course is individuals with basic coding and web knowledge who want to understand and work with APIs.

Syllabus

⌨️ Video 1 - Welcome
⌨️ Video 2 - Defining Interface
⌨️ Video 3 - Defining API
⌨️ Video 4 - Remote APIs
⌨️ Video 5 - How the web works
⌨️ Video 6 - RESTful API Constraint Scavenger Hunt
⌨️ Video 1 - Exploring an API online
⌨️ Video 2 - Using an API from the command line
⌨️ Video 3 - You go Curl
⌨️ Video 4 - Using tools to explore APIs
⌨️ Video 5 - More tools for your API exploring toolbox
⌨️ Video 6 - Using Helper Libraries
⌨️ Video 1 - Introducing the Project
⌨️ Video 2 - Serverless
⌨️ Video 3 - Writing a Server Side API
⌨️ Video 4 - Fetching Results on the Client from our Server
⌨️ Video 5 - Wrap Up

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