API Versioning for Zero Downtime
Explore the controversial topic of API versioning in this 49-minute Devoxx conference talk. Delve into the tension between API providers' desire for rapid changes and consumers' need for stability. Learn about various versioning methods, including URL-based, header-based, and media-type approaches. Examine Roy Fielding's contrasting view on API versioning and discover how combining Internet-inspired design principles with innovative concepts like Stripe's version-pinning can lead to an API platform targeting zero downtime. Gain insights from Patrice Krakow, lead architect of ING's new API Platform, as he shares his 20-year journey through various integration technologies and his experience in implementing SOA and REST APIs in both Silicon Valley startups and large financial institutions.