SHOW: 435DESCRIPTION: James Higginbotham (@launchany; Founder, Author, API Architect) talks about frameworks for evaluating API usage, developer perspectives on APIs, versioning APIs and some thoughts on new trends in API usage. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtUpCloud - World’s fastest cloud serversUpCloud (promo) - Sign up for free, receive a $50 credit and try us out!MongoDB Homepage - The most popular database for modern applicationsMongoDB Atlas - MongoDB-as-a-Service on AWS, Azure and GCP[DONUT RUN DONATIONS] CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwSHOW NOTES:James on The Cloudcast Eps.135 (“Building Better APIs for Business Success)LaunchAny HomepageRecent keynote: “APIs, Microservices, and Serverless: The Shape of Things to Come”Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show; It’s been a while, let’s reintroduce you to our audience. Tell us about the types of things you work on.Topic 2 - There are so many things going on with APIs these days, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. Do you have a framework that you use to help companies think about APIs?  Topic 3 - Are there different perspectives that developers have if they are dealing with APIs for monolithic applications vs. microservices applications vs. external APIs? Topic 4 - What is some of thinking around dynamically changing environments (e.g. DevOps, Agile) and APIs (versioning, testing changes, etc.)?Topic 5 - What are some of the more critical things that you’re always reinforcing and educating people about APIs? Topic 6 - We’re seeing more companies emerge that just deliver APIs as part of an ecosystem of services. How has this changed application development?FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet