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Should an API use Semantic Versioning?
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An article I wrote for Trebble, and the video, cover whether or not you should use API versioning for an API. Ignoring that larer topic, if you are using API versioning, how should those version numbers work?If you're an experienced developer who's new to API development, it's natural to try and bring over concepts you've used elsewhere in the world of software. It's common to see people trying to use Semantic Versioning for API releases, like you might for an NPM package or some other software library.For an API this would mean deploying and maintaining multiple versions of the API, all taking up server instances, which use up resources, costing money and creating carbon emissions:https://example.com/api/1.0.0/*https://example.com/api/1.0.1/*https://example.com/api/1.0.2/*https://example.com/api/1.1.0/*https://example.com/api/2.0.0/*https://example.com/api/2.1.1/*https://example.com/api/2.1.2/*https://example.com/api/2.1.3/*Beyond costing money, what w...
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