The Motivation to Create an API
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- | + | Maybe you are asking yourself: "Why should I slow myself down by creating an API? Is not that more work?". In the [[The Motivation to Create an API|second chapter]] of [[TheAPIBook]] I describe that overall, it is not more work. Moreover I also reveal that even if you try, you cannot live without APIs. APIs are everywhere, even in in-house systems. In the world of [[DistributedDevelopment]] they become inevitable. |
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Have You Ever Wondered...?
Maybe you are asking yourself: "Why should I slow myself down by creating an API? Is not that more work?". In the second chapter of TheAPIBook I describe that overall, it is not more work. Moreover I also reveal that even if you try, you cannot live without APIs. APIs are everywhere, even in in-house systems. In the world of DistributedDevelopment they become inevitable.