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Quick questions for developers/sales people

by michael01

Hey everyone,

I want to validate something (some thoughts), but I have a couple of questions for developers (frontend) and sales people.

Do you guys use mock APIs for demo products?
Mock APIs (not production-ready/ drafts) to present to clients?

For example: let's say you are building an analytical page (demo page for now), and you probably asking your team to develop a quick mock API. Depending on how many endpoints, takes 1-2 days to develop the mock API.

Is this still valid these days? Do frontend and sales people still use mock APIs? to present something?

Thank you

ps: backend background

michael01's avatarmichael01
on March 1, 2022
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    So this is an interesting question to me because my side project is an API mocking platform.

    In my experience as a developer, the benefits of a mock API fall into three categories:

    • Development: No need to wait for real API before developing a UI feature.
    • Testing: able to test edge cases and errors that the real API can’t reliably produce.
    • Prototyping: quickly collect feedback on new UI without requiring any backend.
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      I am working on something in my free time, I will share with you once the product is ready (in few months).

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      thank you for these points. Yes, is very true, mock APIs are very useful these days.

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