Tech Talk: CA Live API Creator: APIs and the App Economy
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This document summarizes a presentation about CA Live API Creator. It discusses how APIs can help meet the requirements of the app economy, including multi-channel access, enforced data integrity and security, integration, business agility, and simplicity. The presentation provides an example of how an API server can address these challenges using automated API logic, reactive logic, and integration logic. It argues that CA Live API Creator can dramatically reduce the effort required for API logic and business logic compared to conventional coding approaches.
Tech Talk: CA Live API Creator: APIs and the App Economy
- 2. 2 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD © 2016 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The content provided in this CA World 2016 presentation is intended for informational purposes only and does not form any type of warranty. The information provided by a CA partner and/or CA customer has not been reviewed for accuracy by CA. For Informational Purposes Only Terms of this Presentation
- 6. 6 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 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
- 8. 8 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 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, …
- 9. 9 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 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
- 11. 11 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 3. Out-going Requests – Systems Integration Automatic Object Model Discovery – Code Completion Resources – point/click mapping and transformation Extensibility – Loadable Libraries
- 14. 14 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 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
- 15. 15 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD LAC: Enterprise Agility for the App Economy Key Services, for a Dramatic Reduction in Effort 0 20 40 60 80 100 API Logic Business Logic Your Effort Conventional LAC Functionality Logic API Logic Abstraction Layer Restify Schema Stubs Conventional
- 16. 16 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD 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
- 17. 17 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Recommended Sessions SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME DO3T18TV CA Live API Creator: API Servers vs. App Servers 11/16/2016 at 3:00 pm DO3T17TV Integration Strategies 11/17/2016 at 11:30 am DO3T15TV Myth: Low Code is a Toy 11/17/2016 at 03:45 pm Innovation, Empowering Agility for the App Economy http://www.ca.com/us/trials.html
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- 20. 20 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD DevOps – API Management and Application Development For more information on DevOps – API Management and Application Development, please visit: http://cainc.to/DL8ozQ