Date: February 11 – 13, 2025
Overview
Each year, 8,000+ developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, managers, and executives from 70+ countries gather for DeveloperWeek (Feb 11-13, 2025, San Francisco Bay Area & Feb 18-20, 2025, Live Online) to discover the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, and tools.
DeveloperWeek 2025 is the largest developer conference & event series including the DeveloperWeek 2025 Conference & Expo, 1,000+ attendee hackathon, 800+ attendee tech hiring expo, and a series of workshops, technical talks, and keynotes.
This year, DeveloperWeek will feature an OpenAPI track. Stay tuned for more details.
Registration and Participation
The OAI Track is an integral part of DeveloperWeek 2025 Conference & Expo. Attendees have to register through the registration page of DeveloperWeek 2025 Conference & Expo
OAI Track Program, February 11th thru the 13th, 2025
Event Schedule
OAI Workshops, February 11, 2025
- 12.00pm: Linting API Descriptions: Why consistency is king for Developer Experience! (Erik Wilde)
- API descriptions are describing the surface of an API so that it is clear how an API works. It can be a good idea to check these descriptions against general good practices or against specific internal good practices for API designs. Linting is the process that allows those checks to be performed, by taking the description, letting a linter inspect it, and then get warnings or errors regarding the API design.
- In this workshop, we look at the various motivations to use API linting. We then specifically look at HTTP-based APIs, OpenAPI as their description language, and Spectral as a popular open source linting tool. Spectral performs opinionated linting out of the box by having a set of build-in rules. Spectral allows users to add their own rules or completely replace the built-in rules. Spectral also supports modularization so that for example in larger organizations, different APIs can use different combinations of rules for various APIs. In this workshop we cannot give a complete tutorial of Spectral, but you will walk away with a good understanding of when to use it, how to apply it to your use cases, and what its general capabilities look like.
- 1.00pm: Introduction to Contract Testing: Evolving APIs Safely (Frank Kilcommins)
- Microservices and modular API architectures have transformed the technical landscape, enabling rapid innovation, faster releases, and decentralized evolvability. However, scaling these architectures introduces significant challenges. Managing dependencies between providers, consumers, and environments often leads to API sprawl, increasing complexity and diminishing returns. Traditional reliance on integration and end-to-end testing struggles to keep pace, resulting in high costs, lengthy feedback loops, and the rise of “zombie APIs.”
Contract testing offers a scalable and efficient alternative to address these challenges, rebalancing the testing pyramid by focusing on the interactions between API providers and consumers. With bi-directional contract testing, teams can leverage existing OpenAPI artefacts and design-first workflows to validate changes without needing expensive, brittle end-to-end setups. Providers gain insight into the impact of API changes, while consumers understand the surface area of APIs they rely on.
We will cover:
- The limitations of end-to-end testing in modern API architectures.
- How contract testing reduces complexity and promotes collaboration.
- The fundamentals of provider and consumer workflows for bi-directional contract testing.
- How to leverage tools like Pact to maximize OpenAPI investments and enable faster scaling.
- Demonstrations showcasing contract testing in action.
- Whether you're navigating a microservices ecosystem or building a modular API platform, this workshop will empower you to evolve APIs safely, deliver value faster, and streamline your testing strategy. Join us to bring clarity and confidence to your API architecture.
OAI Track Schedule, February 12, 2025
- 9:30am: The Third-Wave of API Management (Adrian Machado)
- 10:00am: OpenAPI Summit Introduction: Why and How to Use OpenAPI (Erik Wilde)
- 10:30am: Describing API Workflows with Arazzo (Frank Kilcommins)
- 11:00am: The Future of OpenAPI: OpenAPI Version 3.2 and the Road to Moonwalk (Henry Andrews)
- 11:30am: OpenAPI Overlays: Strategies for API Description Management (Kevin Swiber)
- 1:00pm: Your Cheat Code for API Authorization (Omri Gazitt)
- 1:30pm: No AI without APIs (Jeremy Snyder)
- 2:00pm: APIOps: Interface Development at Scale (Erik Hansen)
- 2:30pm: API Governance in the age of AI (Olga Podolyako)
- 3:00pm: API Resiliency Testing (Hari Krishnan)
