How to test like a "real" API dev @JoshuaMorony

Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

This video is sponsored by DevTools: https://dev.tools/

We take a look at the problems with just manually clicking around a UI to test an API, and how we can used some more advanced tooling to easily create repeatable API testing flows for us and even integrate them into a CI environment.

DevTools: https://dev.tools/
Example repo: github.com/the-dev-tools/cli-demo
Go API video: youtube.com/watch?v=1Q7r4tagFns

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