1. Project overview

In this chapter we’re going to take a look at what we’re going to build as we move through the tutorial.

About this chapter

This chapter introduces you to the project we are building, specifically:

  • The functional use-case for the API we’re building
  • The high-level architecture of the end product
  • The build steps we’ll take construct our API

Learning outcomes

  • Understand what we are building
  • Understand the end-state architecture of the build
    • Don’t worry of some of the concepts are unknown to you - that’s why you’re reading the book!
  • The iterative build stages we’ll follow

API Domain

End state architecture

Build stages