Cloud Applications Architecture Course 13

What does the term 'API' stand for in the context of software development?

Application Programming Interface

In the context of cloud applications architecture, what does 'ORMs' stand for?

Object-Relational Mappings

What is a common approach for new projects in terms of architecture?

Microservices architecture

Which of the following is NOT listed as a context/use-case for API design in the text?

Desktop applications Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary consideration highlighted in the text for designing APIs?

Balancing performance, discoverability, and use case support Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the motivations mentioned in the text for the adoption/popularity of APIs?

The offering of APIs by many SaaS products like Stripe Signup and view all the answers

What is the main actor in the Entity/Resource Oriented system?

Data Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol tends to achieve high performance due to low overhead?

gRPC Signup and view all the answers

What is a common feature of Data Formats such as JSON, XML, and YAML?

Concise set of operations Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is based on Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and only works with XML?

SOAP Signup and view all the answers

What does REST stand for?

Representational State Transfer Signup and view all the answers

Which API style emphasizes the behavior of the system based on the data?

Entity/Resource Oriented Signup and view all the answers

What do HTTP status codes indicate in REST?

Resource created Signup and view all the answers

What does WSDL stand for?

Web Service Description Language Signup and view all the answers

Cloud Applications Architecture Course 13 - API Design

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