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What is an API?
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APIs specify interactions between software components
to share content and/or data
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Application - instructions that direct a
computer to performfunctions
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Programming - creating the softwarecode so a computer
can perform functions
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Interface -rules for how
functionsare to be used by software
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Baseball and Football are games with different
Rules, Functionsand Parameters:
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APIs - Rules for Apps to call Functions
& pass Parameters
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APIs let you usefunctions
without having to createor maintain the code
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Traffic - API vs Apps
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A Web API - makesfunctions
available in the Cloud
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“Building an application with no APIs is basically like building a
house with no doors…” Josh Walker, Forrester Research Inc.
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“Corporate developers should consider including APIs in
applications they develop…”
Adam Braunstein, Robert Frances Group Inc.
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API - the set ofRules
for applicationsto communicate
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