Learn to say popular API specification and documentation format names correctly.
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How is OpenAPI (widely adopted specification format for describing RESTful HTTP APIs) correctly pronounced?
OpenAPI is pronounced 'OH-pen-AY-PEE-EYE' — 'open' exactly like the everyday word, plus 'A-P-I' spoken as letters. In a technical interview: "OpenAPI let us generate a fully typed client straight from the same spec file that documented the endpoint."
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How is Swagger (tooling ecosystem for designing, documenting, and testing APIs, predecessor of OpenAPI) correctly pronounced?
Swagger is pronounced 'SWAG-er' — exactly like the everyday word for confident, stylish behavior. In a technical interview: "Swagger gave every developer an interactive page where they could try the endpoint right in the browser."
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How is RAML (RESTful API Modeling Language, a spec format for describing REST APIs) correctly pronounced?
RAML is pronounced 'RAM-ul' — rhymes with 'camel', short for RESTful API Modeling Language. In a technical interview: "RAML let us define the reusable data types once and reference them across every single endpoint."
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How is AsyncAPI (specification format for describing event-driven and message-based APIs) correctly pronounced?
AsyncAPI is pronounced 'ay-SINK-AY-PEE-EYE' — 'async' exactly like the everyday programming term, plus 'A-P-I' spoken as letters. In a technical interview: "AsyncAPI documented every message our service published to the queue, not just its HTTP endpoints."
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How is Postman (widely used platform for designing, testing, and documenting APIs) correctly pronounced?
Postman is pronounced 'POHST-man' — exactly like the everyday job title for someone who delivers mail. In a technical interview: "Postman ran the whole collection of requests in sequence and flagged the one endpoint that started returning a 500."