Tony Harris - December 1, 2020
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From Microsoft SQL Server API creation to microservice integration, 2020 has featured a diverse range of articles on the DreamFactory blog – here are our most popular articles from this year:

#7 – Creating a Microsoft SQL Server API in Less Than 5 minutes with DreamFactory

In this article, we demonstrated how to take any database and generate a fully documented and secure REST API with only database credentials needed. This article showcased DreamFactory’s ability to instantly generate Swagger API documentation along with securing the API by way of API keys. Read the full article here:

Creating a Microsoft SQL Server API in Less Than 5 minutes with DreamFactory

Did you know you can generate a full-featured, documented, and secure REST API in minutes using DreamFactory? Sign up for our free 14 day hosted trial to learn how! Our guided tour will show you how to create an API using an example MySQL database provided to you as part of the trial!

Create a REST API Now

#6 – 5 Best Documentation Tools for API creation

Writing API documentation from scratch is time-consuming and complicated, so most businesses rely on API documentation tools to make the job easier. These tools help automate the process of creating and managing the documentation, as well as help format and display the information in a way that makes it easy to read and understand. In this article, we explore why API documentation is necessary and consider five of the best options currently available. Read the full article here:

5 Best API Documentation Tools

#5 – MySQL vs MS SQL Server – Which Reigns Supreme?

Good databases can bring your enterprise IT to the next level—while bad databases can bring it to its knees. In this article we looked at MySQL vs MS SQL Server – and which Relational Database Management System (RDMS) offered the most benefits in meeting an organisation’s business needs and objectives. Read the full article here:

MySQL v MS SQL Server – Which Reigns Supreme

#4 – 4 Microservices Examples: Amazon, Netflix, Uber, and Etsy

Some of the most innovative and profitable microservices examples amongst enterprises companies in the world – like Amazon, Netflix, Uber, and Etsy – attribute their IT initiatives’ enormous success in part to the adoption of microservices. In this article, we explored the microservices journeys of these wildly successful enterprises. Read the full article here:

4 Microservices Examples: Amazon, Netflix, Uber, and Etsy

#3 – REST APIs vs Microservices: The Differences and How They Work Together

In this article, we demonstrated how these two concepts work together to build a microservices-based application architecture: Microservices function as the “building-blocks” of the application by performing various services, while “RESTful APIs” function as the “glue” that integrates the microservices into an application through effective API creation. Read the full article here:

REST APIs vs Microservices: The Differences and How They Work Together

#2 – MySQL REST API Creation in Minutes – A Complete Tutorial

Wouldn’t it be ideal if you could create a MySQL REST API in minutes? In this article we demonstrated how the DreamFactory platform offers a centralized solution for the API documentation, generation, and security, showing just how easy it is to build, secure, and deploy a REST API for your MySQL database. Read the full article here:

MySQL REST API Creation in Minutes – A Complete Tutorial

Did you know you can generate a full-featured, documented, and secure REST API in minutes using DreamFactory? Sign up for our free 14 day hosted trial to learn how! Our guided tour will show you how to create an API using an example MySQL database provided to you as part of the trial!

Create a REST API Now

#1 – 7 Simple REST Client Examples for Retrieving API Data as part of API Creation

In this article we will demonstrated seven simple REST client examples involving sending a GET request to an HTTP-based API using an API key for authentication. We also presented examples demonstrating NodeJS, Python, Ruby, PHP, and Perl and identified how to use the great Insomnia and Postman API testing tools to test your new API calls. Read the full article here:

7 Simple REST Client Examples for Retrieving API Data