Chapter 2
Lakeside Mutual Case Study
This chapter introduces the Lakeside Mutual case study that serves as our example scenario running through the book. To motivate the need for APIs in this scenario and to be able to justify API design decisions in later chapters, sample systems and the requirements they face are presented, along with an initial API design serving as an outline and preview.
Lakeside Mutual is a fictitious insurance company that provides several digital services to its customers, partners, and employees. Its company backend consists of several enterprise applications for customer, policy, and risk management; the application frontends serve multiple channels from smartphone apps for prospective and insured clients to rich client ...
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