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Important dates

• Phase 1
  • requirements - 11 March 2019.
  • delivery - 8 April 2019.
• Phase 2
  • requirements - 29 April 2019.
  • delivery - 20 May 2019.
• Phase 3
  • requirements - 20 May 2019.
  • delivery - 8 June 2019.

Weekly plan

• W1 - 18/2

  • Course introduction.
  • Introduction to Web APIs.
  • The architecture of the Web.
  • The HTTP protocol: messages
    • Client-server messaging pattern.
    • Differences to Remote Procedure Calls.
    • Basic structure of request and response messages.
    • Uniform interface

• W2 - 25/2

  • The HTTP protocol:
    • Request messages and request methods.
    • Method properties - safe methods and idempotent methods.
    • HTTP method selection

• W3 - 4/3

  • Phase 1 requirements.
  • Handling failure in the HTTP protocol.
    • Response status selection.
    • Formats for failure representation.
    • "How to fail in HTTP APIs".
  • Content-negotiation in the HTTP protocol.

• W4 - 11/3

  • TBD

• W5 - 18/3

  • TBD

• W6 - 25/3

  • TBD

• W7 - 1/4

  • Phase 1 delivery.
  • Start part 2

• W8 - 8/4

  • TBD

• W9 - 15/4-17/4, 26/4

  • TBD

• W10 - 29/4

  • Phase 2 requirements.
  • National holiday on Wednesday.
  • TBD

• W11 - 6/5

  • TBD

• W12 - 13/5

  • TBD

• W13 - 20/5

  • Phase 2 delivery.
  • Phase 3 requirements.
  • TBD

• W14 - 27/5

  • TBD

• W15 - 3/6

  • TBD
  • Phase 3 delivery.