Description

Book Synopsis

  • Teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of time
  • Written by the designer of the NetBeans API at Sun Technologies
  • Based on best practices, scalability, and API design patterns


Table of Contents
  1. The Art of Building Modern Software
  2. The Motivation to Create an API
  3. Determining What Makes a Good API
  4. Ever-Changing Targets
  5. Do Not Expose More Than You Want
  6. Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations
  7. Use Modular Architecture
  8. Separate APIs for Clients and Providers
  9. Keep Testability in Mind
  10. Cooperating with Other APIs
  11. Runtime Aspects of APIs
  12. Declarative Programming
  13. Extreme Advice Considered Harmful
  14. Paradoxes of API Design
  15. Evolving the API Universe
  16. Teamwork
  17. Using Games to Improve API Design Skills
  18. Extensible Visitor Pattern Case Study
  19. End-of-Life Procedures

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    A Paperback by Jaroslav Tulach

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      Publisher: Apress
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781430243175, 978-1430243175
      ISBN10: 1430243171
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      • Teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of time
      • Written by the designer of the NetBeans API at Sun Technologies
      • Based on best practices, scalability, and API design patterns


      Table of Contents
      1. The Art of Building Modern Software
      2. The Motivation to Create an API
      3. Determining What Makes a Good API
      4. Ever-Changing Targets
      5. Do Not Expose More Than You Want
      6. Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations
      7. Use Modular Architecture
      8. Separate APIs for Clients and Providers
      9. Keep Testability in Mind
      10. Cooperating with Other APIs
      11. Runtime Aspects of APIs
      12. Declarative Programming
      13. Extreme Advice Considered Harmful
      14. Paradoxes of API Design
      15. Evolving the API Universe
      16. Teamwork
      17. Using Games to Improve API Design Skills
      18. Extensible Visitor Pattern Case Study
      19. End-of-Life Procedures

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