Learn more about API Management http://ibm.biz/guide-to-api-mgmt
Watch the Lightboard video “Why API Management?” https://youtu.be/DBZTNzrZC3E
Watch the Lightboard video “Scaling without an API Gateway” https://youtu.be/OAdOa31EH4o
Check out IBM API Connect: https://www.ibm.com/products/api-connect
Check out IBM DataPower Gateway: https://www.ibm.com/products/datapower-gateway

The rapid rise of online services has led to the development of increasingly complex web applications based on microservices, which can consist of dozens or even hundreds of individual services that communicate with each other via APIs.

So how do you handle this increase in API traffic as you scale your app and add more features?

In this lightboard video, IBM's Jason Goode demonstrates how implementing an API gateway solution can help you better manage complex application communications, using the example of an e-commerce storefront experiencing an increase in web traffic.

Chapter
0:00 – Introduction to APIs
0:24 – From monoliths to microservices
0:41 – Direct client-to-microservice communication
1:17 – Example of an eCommerce storefront
2:17 – UI features for product details
3:14 – Implementing an API gateway architecture
3:47 – Customer performance
5:14 – Adding additional layers of security
5:51 – Protocol translation
7:06 – Outsourcing common functions
8:06 – Example of a traffic increase on Black Friday
8:21 – Implementing a Backends for Frontends (BFF) architecture
9:36 – Summary

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