The first MuleSoft meetup in Winnipeg unveils Design first approach to API design and how to use APIs in innovation.

1. September 19th 2019: Maiden Edition
Winnipeg Meetup

2. Networking
Feel free to introduce yourself to your neighbors!

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• What topics are of interest to you?
• Are you faced with business/integration challenges in your company, and are
looking for solutions?
• Do you have an integration, API, design solution that you would like to share?
• Do you have any MuleSoft related questions on development, deployment, best
practices, monitoring etc.
• Write your suggested topic(s) under any of the
categories on the wall.
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LSG5WYH
Suggest a topic

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Agenda
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• Introduction, Goals & Objectives
• Design first approach to API implementation
• Short Recess
• Using APIs to Innovate
• Topics Backlog Prioritization
• What’s next?

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Event Partners
Innovation Lab

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About the Organizer
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• About the organizer:
– Manna Akpan
• Application Developer Integration C4E @ Wawanesa Insurance.
• Started writing integration applications using MuleSoft platform in 2017.

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• Dale Cantafio
– Integration Consultant
• Yaniv Birenboim
– Senior Application Developer @ Wawanesa Insurance – Innovation Lab
About Speakers

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About MuleSoft Meetup Winnipeg
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• MuleSoft gathers a very unique community of developers, architects, partners,
Muleys and API enthusiasts.
• The goal of this group is to bring them together to explore, teach and learn about
API-led connectivity and share use cases with one another.
• Meetups are events organized regularly, where the community shares knowledge,
best practices, tips, help… Attendees collaborate all together to resolve issues and
keep innovating in the connectivity world.

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10. Design First Approach to API
Development
Dale Cantafio, Integration Consultant

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About Me
Introductions
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• Software consulting since 1997
• Independent consulting since 2008
• Integration experience began Microsoft BizTalk Server in 2004
• Started developing with Mule in May 2017
• Achieved Mule Certified Developer May 2019
• Starting with MuleSoft professional services this fall
• Email: dale@dtcconsulting.ca

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Agenda
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1. What Does an API-First approach mean?
2. How do I accomplish an API-First design approach?
3. What are the benefits of an API-First design
4. How do I plan my API-First program in my organization

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What does an API-First Approach Mean?
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API-First Means:
1. APIs are First Class Citizens
2. You treat APIs you develop like a product with their own Software
Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
– Design
– Test
– Build
– Manage
– Versioning
– Documentation
3. You focus on developing APIs that are consistent and re-useable

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How do I accomplish an API-First Design
Approach?
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• Use an API description language to establish how the API is supposed to behave
– RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML)
• URL: http://raml.org/
• developer: Mulesoft, http://www.mulesoft.com/
– OpenAPI Specification
• URL: https://openapis.org/
• developer: Open API Initiative (OAI), originally developed as "Swagger" specification
by Wordnik, SmartBear Software
• Spend time thinking about the design of the API
• Plan and collaborate with Stakeholders

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Growing Popularity of API-First
• Humans are consuming data on
many devices
• APIs allow companies to break
down capabilities into microservices
• An API-First strategy allows orgs to
build apps that serve all
applications
• Apps can be developed for all
devices, platforms and operating
systems

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Benefits of an API-First Approach (1 of 2)
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• Dev teams can work in parallel
– No waiting for API updates to be released
– Teams can easily mock APIs and test API dependencies
• Reduce cost of developing apps
– APIs and code can be reused
– Problems can be solved before code is written
• Increase speed to market
– Most of the process can be automated (by importing API definition)
• API documentation
• Creating mocks
• Scaffolding

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Benefits of an API-First Approach (2 of 2)
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• Ensure good developer experiences
– Well designed, well documented and consistent APIs provide positive developer
experiences
– Easier to reuse code
– Easier to onboard developers
– Reduces learning curve
• Reduce risk of failure
– APIs are used in nearly every business process
– Can impact every part of your business
– Reduces risk by ensuring APIs are:
• Reliable
• Consistent
• Easy for developers to use

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Planning your API-First program
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1. Brainstorm
2. Establish API Stakeholders
3. Design an API contract
4. Create a style guide
5. Implement API governance
6. Automate processes
7. Track and Manage your API portfolio
8. Create a Portal for internal developers

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Summary
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• APIs are first-class citizens
• An API-first approach to building products can benefit your organization in many
ways
• An API-first approach requires teams plan, organize and share a vision of their API
program
• Requires adopting tools that support an API first approach

20. Recess

21. Wawanesa Innovation Lab
Yaniv Birenboim
USING APIs TO INNOVATE

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Using APIs to Innovate
https://www.beautiful.ai/player/-Lor6jTSwxAaa3BtcxRo/Mule-Meetup

23. See you next time
Please send topic suggestions to the organizer

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Thank You
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