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What are we running - API changes expressed as versions

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What API version is out there and how do we know it? The software world is continually moving along the path to more API-driven solutions in an attempt to break down monolithic software systems into more manageable size pieces.  We stitch together business processes with a collection of synchronous API endpoints, asynchronous messages, and massive event streams.  Every one of these connection points is a data and behavior contract that can be changed every time one of these endpoints is updated or upgraded.  Today's agile means that the individual services change often and at a rate decoupled from the API consumers.  We need to apply software engineering discipline to capture the changes and make it possible for our consumers to know which version they are talking to. Video Part 1 Change Types and Scale, Synchronous/Asynchronous APIs, Design Time vs Run time Considerations Part 2 Run Time versioning options for consumers and operations ...