Improving API Usability.

The article presents suggestions for improving the usability standards of application programming interfaces (APIs). The multivariate aspects of API security and evaluation are examined, the alleged impacts of poor usability design of APIs on computer programmers are discussed, and information is of...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 62 - 70
Autores principales:	MYERS, BRAD A., STYLOS, JEFFREY
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Jun2016
Materias:	User-centered system design Computer programming Application program interfaces Agile software development
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Sumario:	The article presents suggestions for improving the usability standards of application programming interfaces (APIs). The multivariate aspects of API security and evaluation are examined, the alleged impacts of poor usability design of APIs on computer programmers are discussed, and information is offered on the impact of agile software development on APIs.