Tech Talk: CA Live API Creator: APIs and the App Economy

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Tech Talk: CA Live API Creator:
API Servers and the App Economy
Val Huber - Consulting Engineer - CA Technologies
DO3T20TV
DEVOPS

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Abstract
The App Economy is being defined in thousands of enterprises as we speak, but certainly has key
requirements that include: • Multi-channel access—systems that are open to Web apps, mobile
apps, internal systems and partner systems • Enforced data integrity and security—we can no
longer enforce business logic in our UI controllers; it has to be centrally enforced • Integration—
the details of how systems are created and deployed should have no bearing on multi-channel
access, but they need to integrate multiple internal databases and interact with partner systems
• Business agility— if the App Economy means our systems define how we do business, then we
must be able to create (and alter) these systems as near as possible to real-time speed •
Simplicity—there are only so many rocket scientists; you should be able to compete in the App
Economy with software that leverages the strengths of as many people in your organization as
possible, including non-developers This talk will provide a specific example of how APIs can
respond to these challenges, including take-home code.
Val
Huber
CA Technologies
Consulting Engineer

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Agenda
APP ECONOMY EXAMPLE
REQUIREMENTS
MANAGING AN API SERVER
CHALLENGES
SOLUTION
CREATING AN API SERVER
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API Servers… for the App Economy
With the Agility to Compete
Web
Mobile
Partners
Web
Hooks
DBs
API
Server
Omni Channel Business
Shippers,
Suppliers
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Integration
3
2
Logic

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APIs are a Challenge. Logic Is Worse.
Large Projects, Code-Intensive: Slow, Complex, Uneven Quality
Backend is Nearly Half, plus
Substantial Back Office UI.
Big Numbers:
20 pages, per table (1-2 months)
Dozens to Hundreds of Tables
UI - Front
Office
30%
UI - Back
Office
25%
Backend -
SQL
10%
Backend -
Logic
25%
Backend -
Integration
10%
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Logic
Integration
API

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API Servers… for the App Economy
Conventional Approach Provides… Stubs?!!
Web
Mobile
Partners
Web
Hooks
DBs
API
Server
Omni Channel Business
Shippers,
Suppliers
1
Integration
3
2
LogicRaml, Swagger
Stubs
Restify Schema (?) Your Code
Goes.. Where?

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API Server
Agility for the App Economy
Web
Mobile
Partners
Web
Hooks
DBs
API
Server
Omni Channel Business
Shippers,
Suppliers
1
Integration
3
2
Logic
Client Logic
• Read/Write
• Display
• Mobile App Services
API Logic - Automated
• Nested Document Model
• Mapping and Transformation Logic
• Pagination, Optimistic Locking
• Generated Key Handling
• Extensible – tags, JavaScript
• Shared Server Logic Invocation
Reactive Logic
• Multi-Table Derivations and Validations
• Row/Column Security
• Extensible – JavaScript, Libraries
• Automatic Object Model
Integration Logic
• Webhook Creation
• Webhook Processing
• SalesForce, SAP, …

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1. In-Coming Requests
Resources: Abstraction Layer
• Point/click Mapping and Transformation
• Nested Document Model
• Schema Hiding, for API Consumers
Activates Underlying Logic
• Separate Concerns: API vs. Backend Logic

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2. Reactive Logic
40X More Concise
Conventional: ~500 Lines of Code
Live API Creator: 13 Rules

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3. Out-going Requests – Systems Integration
Automatic Object Model
Discovery – Code Completion
Resources – point/click mapping
and transformation
Extensibility – Loadable Libraries

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3. Database Integration
Different Servers
Different Server Types
Optimized Cross-DB Joins

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Reactive Logic
Enable Instant Business Relationships
APIs Share Logic. Automatically.
API Logic
Point/Click
Automatically Invoked
for all APS
Agility: 40X More Concise
Maintenance: automatically
ordered

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Managing Your APIs
Agility for the App Economy
Web
Mobile
Partners
Web
Hooks
DBs
API
Server
Omni Channel Business
Shippers,
Suppliers
Gateway
• Security (SSO)
• Throttling
• Transformation
Portal
• Discovery
• Documentation

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LAC: Enterprise Agility for the App Economy
Key Services, for a Dramatic Reduction in Effort
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20
40
60
80
100
API Logic Business Logic
Your Effort
Conventional LAC
Functionality
Logic
API Logic
Abstraction Layer
Restify Schema
Stubs
Conventional

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Instant Business
Relationships
Instant API Creation,
Reactive Logic, plus…
Automatic Logic Reuse
Instant Business Relationships
APIs Require Logic
…Not Agile
Thin APIs are incomplete
without the critical logic and
integration.
And that’s where most of the
work lies – not agile.
Agility via
Reactive Logic
Innovative Reactive Logic:
40X more concise
APIs with Logic and Integration
N-fold faster than conventional
coding.
APIs – Table Stakes for the App Economy
With, Agility to Compete

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