35: Jonathan Reinink - Fixing Common API Design Mistakes

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Topics include:

• Does it make sense to scope resources to the authenticated user or should you always use sub-resources?
• When to use nested resources and when to avoid them
• Strategies for dealing with actions that don't seem to fit into REST
• Breaking the mapping between your API and your database
• Using singular sub-resources and optional fields to simplify your responses

Links:

• Jonathan's personal website
• Plates templating library
• Glide image manipulation library
• Nesting resources by Jamis Buck
• There's a model hiding in your REST API
• Build APIs You Won't Hate by Phil Sturgeon
• Sponsored by Laracasts