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Ten threads that can boost your API development skills.

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1️⃣ Build an API from scratch

2️⃣ API authentication methods

3️⃣ Make an API call in JavaScript

4️⃣ Make an API call in Python

5️⃣ HTTP requests

6️⃣ HTTP response

7️⃣ CORS

8️⃣ Widely used terms in API development

9️⃣ Handle CORS in Node.js application

🔟 What are API endpoints

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📌 Method

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Let's discuss the correct flow of an HTTP session.

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What exactly is an HTTP cache.

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Most websites you visit fetch data from the backend to display it on the web page.

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API performance has never been more important!

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1️⃣ Allow caching

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