Ever faced frustrating API documentation? Or wrestled with versioning headaches? Or battled integration nightmares? These are just some of the common challenges that plague the API development world. The good news is that there's a better way. By prioritizing five key areas – design clarity, comprehensive documentation, developer empathy, robust security, and automated workflows – you can overcome these hurdles and craft APIs that are a joy to use, maintain, and integrate with.

In this series of posts, we will look closely at how Kong Konnect Data Planes can take advantage of Autoscalers running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) 1.29 to support the throughput the demands API consumers impose on it at the lowest cost. The series comprises four parts.

Understanding how to use an API is essential for modern software development, from simple data retrieval to complex integrations. This guide demystifies the process, providing you with the insights you need to make API requests, decode responses, and securely implement these powerful connectors in your code. Step by step, you’ll learn the key concepts that will empower you to leverage APIs effectively in your own projects.

Mobile game testers must consider several aspects when delivering flawless user experiences. Since customers often play across several devices and platforms, consistent experiences aren’t just necessary, they are an expectation. This is what makes mobile game testing different from mobile app testing. Unlike typical apps, mobile game testing is less repeatable and regimented. Unscripted user actions, born out of individual player habits, introduce an element of unpredictability.

Before we dive into the world of testing Cron jobs, let’s first know what they are. In the computer’s world, a Cron job is a time-based job scheduler that automates the execution of tasks at predetermined intervals on Unix-like operating systems. These tasks can range from routine maintenance scripts to fetching data from APIs or performing backups.