Why API-first software development leads to shiny API people
Summary
So for its next project – a free NHS prescription entitlement check service that had similarities with the HMRC microservice – the team looked at developing granular APIs. Universities will need to use new APIs, powered by MuleSoft IT orgs that face a hybrid mix of apps and data sets can turn to iPaaS for integration – without the overhead of more software to manage. Ross Mason, founder of MuleSoft, believes software developers struggle to understand the benefits of writing code that is reusable through the use of published APIs. We have to start helping developers think about the value they provide in the software they build.” In many ways, Mason and the other people Computer Weekly spoke to believe IT needs to push back from simply delivering what the business wants. Instead, software developers need to deliver services available through published APIs that can be reused over and over again, helping the business to bring new digitally powered products to market more quickly.