Kin Lane

API Evangelist

APIs in EDU at BYU

June 2015

• 25+ Years Database Engineer
• 15 Years Web Applications
• 9 Years Cloud Computing
• 5 Years Studying APIs

Change Began In 2000

Roy Fieldings Dissertation

Enterprise Toolbox

S3 (Files)

EC2 (Compute)

Access to Resources

Bypass IT

Business Around The Globe

Startups

Small Business

Enterprise

Government

Institutional

Top Down

Bottom Up

Outside In

Inside Out

Equipping Students

University Services

Public Services

Equipping Students In Career

Equipping Teachers

Equipping Administrators

Government

Transparency

Security

Sharing The Load

Sync With World

Website

Mobile

Embeddable

Spreadsheets / CSV

Single Page Apps (SPA)

Reciprocity

Internet of Things

Where Do You See Yourself?

Where Are You On The Journey?

The End

By Kin Lane (@kinlane)