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    "title": "Modernizing Legacy APIs",
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    "html": "<p>My friend Keith Casey is working on a book about <a href=\"https://leanpub.com/restful-api-design\">practical API design</a>. However, if you have a legacy application, adding (or updating) an API can be troublesome. It would be a lot easier to deal with an API if you could <a href=\"https://leanpub.com/mlaphp\">modernize your legacy application</a> first. <a href=\"http://caseysoftware.com/blog/modernizing-legacy-php-apps-with-apis\">As Keith says</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you read the tech press, everyone knows they need an API but most aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t really sure what it is. They treat it as another checkbox like \u00e2\u0080\u009cWeb 2.0\u00e2\u0080\u00b3 was a few years ago or a mobile app was most recently. In fact, there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s an entire \u00e2\u0080\u009cAPI-first\u00e2\u0080\u009d movement in development circles that most people don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t understand or even realize why. ... </p>\n<p>Of course, how do you get your application ready for an API?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>In response to that scenario, we are happy to announce a Leanpub book bundle: <a href=\"https://leanpub.com/b/modernizing-legacy-php-apps-with-apis\">\"Modernizing Legacy PHP Apps with APIs.\"</a> When you buy both books together and you get a discount from their separate prices. The Leanpub 100% happiness guarantee applies: if you don't like your purchase, you can get your money back up to 45 days later.</p>\n<p>Do you have a legacy application that you want to modernize? Do you want to add an API, or redesign the existing one? Buy <a href=\"https://leanpub.com/b/modernizing-legacy-php-apps-with-apis\">\"Modernizing Legacy PHP Applications with APIs\"</a> today and get started on making your own life easier!</p>\n"
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