Evolutionary Tales of an API

Thursday, 1:30 PM EST - SAND DUNE

How do you build an API that isn't obsolete as soon as it goes live? This Lessons from the Field talk will take you on our 8 year journey culminating with the current rollout of api.nfl.com.

From previous generations of the API yields API Design Principles, hints on how to be pragmatic, various technologies tried and technologies currently is use.

About Arash Shokoufandeh

Arash Shokoufandeh

Arash Shokoufandeh is a Senior Software Engineer at the National Football League with over 10 years experience designing and building robust web systems. Currently he is most interested in scalability, creating intuitive APIs and the implication of web traffic shifting to mobile.

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About Earl Nolan

Earl Nolan

Earl Nolan is a Senior Software Engineer with the National Football League. He has over 30 years experience in angsting over APIs. His interests include concurrency, domain driven design, Agile methodologies and anything that involves building more robust code. He spoke at JavaOne 2010 on Enterprise Service Bus and at JavaOne 2011 on Practical Performance.

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