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Contract First Design

A guideline advocating for API-first approaches using formal contracts (e.g., OpenAPI) to align stakeholders before development.

Outcomes

Section titled “Outcomes”
  • Better understanding of contract first design principles

How it works

Section titled “How it works”

Steps

Section titled “Steps”
  1. Apply contract-first or design-first approaches to ensure API contracts are validated before implementation.
  2. Define API contracts that outline the expectations, responsibilities, and usage guidelines for each API.
  3. Use standardized formats (e.g., OpenAPI, AsyncAPI) to create machine-readable API contracts that are easy to share and validate.