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The practice of API design is a tricky one. Even when there are so many options out there—tools to use, standards to apply, styles to follow—there is one basic question that needs to be answered and needs to be clear in the developer’s mind before any kind design and development can begin…
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XML is not strictly a Data Transfer Format, but it’s being used as one.
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Source: http://www.slideshare.net/3scale/apis-for-biz-dev-20-which-business-model-15473323 , April 2010.
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Source: http://www.slideshare.net/3scale/apis-for-biz-dev-20-which-business-model-15473323 , October 2009.
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See semver.org.
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See https://developers.facebook.com (see the bottom of the page for the list of SDKs).
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See https://github.com/aws .
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Doglio, F. (2018). API Design Best Practices. In: REST API Development with Node.js . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3715-1_2
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