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By mswatcher
via ytechie.com
Published: Jun 05 2008 / 13:15

Improve your software by creating an API
I’m going to talk about the benefits of having an API for your product, and why you should consider building one for your next project.
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robse replied ago:

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Any ideas on what to consider when designing with an API in mind?

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Topnotch replied ago:

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The ideas are simple just create a set of public methods that roughly translate to the set of features of your application. E.g. if the app has a 'translate language' feature then simply create a 'TranslateLanguage()' method.
Believe it or not the ideas are often relatively simple but the implementation can be quite hard.

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robse replied ago:

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Thanks. So it would be like a layer on top of the app, that can be added later also.

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