Analyst Guide: Modern API Mocking

APIs were supposed to make integration and development simpler, but in today’s highly distributed and fast-changing software architectures, developers are constantly constrained by a lack of ready API test and development environments, provisioning delays, inadequate documentation, and costly infrastructure.

This extensive analyst guide highlights how mock APIs can improve developer productivity and ensure a great API experience for API consumers, whether internal or external.

In this guide:

• How to use API Mocking to optimize Dev & Test
• Mocking, simulating and documenting APIs for easier onboarding
• Why an API-first development approach needs prototype-first thinking
• The sweet future of API mocking: pollinating development practice