068: OpenAPI with Tony Jiang

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tony Jiang is an Associate Product Manager for Salesforce. He joined an Associate Program right out of college. In the program, he’s learned about product management and he is now in his first rotation working on platform APIs.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Tony and I are talking about implementing the OpenAPI specification, an ongoing project here at Salesforce. We discuss what it is and the various benefits that come with it. Tune in to learn all about how it will impact you.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you'd like to participate in the “OpenAPI 3.0 Spec for sObjects REST Resources” pilot, contact your Salesforce Account Executive or open a support case. Your feedback is very important to us, so that we can give you the best developer experience possible. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Tony got involved in the Associate Program.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What made him want to transition from engineering to product management.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What OpenAPI is and where it originated from.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The advantages of implementing OpenAPI.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How OpenAPI implementation will affect other projects.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How they are developing OpenAPI right now.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How OpenAPI supports Apex REST.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The relationship between External Services and OpenAP