APIs: Crash Course (Udemy.com)

With the Facebook API & Twilio

( 174 Reviews )

Created by: Christopher Michael

Produced in 2013

What you will learn

By the end of this course you will be able to code with API data from Facebook, Twilio & more!

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Overall Score : 76 / 100

Course Description

Are you a creative or entrepreneur that wishes you could speak tech with your web development team? Sure, youve heard about APIs, but maybe youre not totally sure what they are? In this class well learn all about APIs: what they are; and how to get started using them! Later on well look at some code and live data from both Facebook and Twilio. One last thing... If you're new to programming - you might also want to check out my Programming For Non-Programmers. Hey Chris, what's an API? Here's an example: have you ever heard someone say something like, The NY Times has an API we can use.? What they are saying is "The NY Times has some data that you can freely access and use in your project." In addition to that, the term API can also refer to apps that write and process data on our behalf. Well cover this, and much more! Who Is this Class For? This class is made for the total beginner. If youre looking to learn about APIs youre in the right place. If youre a developer looking to query some API data, well be providing you with code examples to take home. For Non-Programmers Maybe you're new to APIs? Or you've had one of the IT guys in your office try to explain this to you before, but to no avail? I totally get it, and so I've designed this class with you in mind. What Ive found is that the best way to learn the concepts of programming is to actually write some code yourself. (Much like how we learn a foreign language - you have to use the knowledge). If youre not a developer, you should still be able to follow along with the code examples because we'll break down the logic step-by-step. Basically what Im saying is... that well learn by doing here. Sign up for this class and youll learn: What is an API? How an understanding of APIs can help cut development time of a project in half What APIs are available and worth knowing about? How to register a Facebook App so that we can start using the Facebook API How to write code to make an API call to Facebook that delivers a users Top 10 Facbook likes How to set up an app with the Twilio API This Class Includes Over 2 hours of easy to follow video content A project designed by me for you to be able to apply your skills A quiz The final slide deck Code examples for working with the Facebook and Twilio API. All fo the code in this class is written in PHP. The concepts are the same and could easily be applied to Ruby, Python or other languages. Im looking forward to class! ------------------------------------------------------------ Feedback from my Programming For Non-Programmers Series: "You taught the class in four hours what took me two years to teach myself." - Matt Jared, Capital Factory Austin, X "I've traveled a steep learning curve thanks to Chris' friendly and lucid style of teaching." - Charles Best, CEO of DonorsChoose.
org "I wish I had taken this class 5 years ago!" - Michael Goodwin, UX Designer "You are the only person who has been able to sufficiently teach me code." - Darren Hakimi, Analyst "You are Articulate and Engaging. Broad and Diverse Range of Topics. That s right bro!!!!! Not easy to address so much in limited time." - student feedback "Informative, digestible, actionable" - Katherine, Entrepreneur Who this course is for:
Absolute beginner to intermediate developer

Time: 2h

Instructor Details

Christopher Michael

3.8 Rating
174 Reviews

Chris Castiglione is the co-founder and CEO of One Month (Learn to Code in 30 Days), and a professor at Columbia University Business School.
Chris's mission is to use storytelling and education as a tool to inspire positive change in the world.He's the host of two podcasts On Books Podcast, and Learn to Code with One Month.
Chris has spoken at over 300 events on programming, startups and entrepreneurship including Columbia University, NYU, The New School, GE, General Assembly and American Express.
He has over ten years of experience developing digital products for clients ranging from The Black Eyed Peas, Toyota, Bacardi, and American Express.

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By Marija Santos on 10/9/2020

Excellent presentation, just enough details and overview of process to make it accessible to many levels of user. Thank you!

By Maria Wheatley on 9/11/2020

so far it's at my correct level. However on windows things look a little different on the webserver section when trying to follow the instructions required a bit more working out.

By Ellyn Serra on 5/26/2020

This course has apparently not been updated in the 6 years it has been available. None of the screens are the same which makes it very difficult to navigate, especially because he demonstrates navigation of files on a MAC and I have a Windows 10. Messaged the instructor for assistance and haven't heard back. Unless you are very competent with hosting, Sublime, JSON, XML, this will be a very difficult course to follow.

By Paul Johnson on 5/24/2020

Should have gone over it with Windows, not just Apple.

By Jan P on 4/27/2020

Good overview of APIs. Brushes over HTML and JSON (which is understandable given focus of course). Tools in demo (MAMP and Facebook API) look very different that versions used in demos.

By Simon Brennan on 4/11/2020

Most basic course on API's ever

By Mercy Obi on 2/8/2020

Love the graphics and explanation as well as use of simple analogies

By Kamol on 1/20/2020

Great introductory course.

By Sergio Menna on 1/10/2020

Speaker is great!

By Executive Trainee WHOMENTORSDOTCOM INC. on 1/10/2020

It's impossible to watch the videos. It automatically sends to the next lecture, and literally it's not possible to watch videos from lecture 5. I am very disappointed with this course. I don't recommend it to anybody.

By Alexandre caron on 1/6/2020