<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv1628310697"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_133425444100448"><span id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004167">lol, you assume much.</span><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004170"><span id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004167">He asked the equivalent of "I'm interested in Color development and implementation". What does that even mean? is he trying to mix paint? is he trying to define race? is he trying to write a paper on the history of art?<br></span>¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br></div><div><span id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004167"></span></div><div><br id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_133425444100451"></div> <div class="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_133425444100454"
id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_133425444100456" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> <div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004188" class="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_133425444100461" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Matthew H <hendrix04@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> General discussion about makerslocal <general@lists.makerslocal.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:20 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [General] API Development Information<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1628310697">It sounds like he is more interested in web based APIs than Thick app.<div><br></div><div>I have mostly worked with REST type of web services (what you have with the various google app APIs).</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure how familiar you are with web development, but REST style web service calls are simple HTTP Post and HTTP Get requests to a web server. When you are making a website for yourself and wanting to do AJAXy type stuff (loading new pages / data without reloading the entire page), you create a web service that say takes in a username and password and returns whether the user is authenticated or not. Once you have a webservice created, you tell people what the address for that webservice is and what parameters it takes and what it will return and you have just created an API for your web app. Generally speaking if you are creating something like google does with maps, you will want each user to have their own
private key that only you 2 know about. This allows you to authenticate and make sure you know exactly who is using your API.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In my write up, I assumed a lot of things about your knowledge. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.</div><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004187"><br><br><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004186" class="yiv1628310697gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Karl Sackett <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:karl.sackett@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:karl.sackett@gmail.com">karl.sackett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004185" class="yiv1628310697gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv1628310697HOEnZb"><div class="yiv1628310697h5"><font face="courier new, monospace">On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:12, Neil Spear <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spearna@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spearna@gmail.com">spearna@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<font><br>
</font></font></div></div><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004184" class="yiv1628310697gmail_quote"><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004183"><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004182" class="yiv1628310697h5"><blockquote id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004181" class="yiv1628310697gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<font face="courier new, monospace">All,</font><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004180"><font id="yiv1628310697yui_3_2_0_20_1334254441004179" face="courier new, monospace">Does anyone know of good information on API development and implementation/use? Maybe even an expert who likes to share his/her knowledge (local or national)? </font></div>
<div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Initially, I would like to find higher level information, which would lead to more in-depth paths of interest.</font></div>
</blockquote><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div></div></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Try these:</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">_C Interfaces and Implementations_, by David R. Hanson (ISBN 0201498413)</font></div>
<div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">_API Design for C++_, by Martin Reddy (ISBN <span style="">0123850037)</span></font></div>
<div><span style=""><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></span></div><div><span style=""><font face="courier new, monospace">Reddy has a website for his book at http://www.apibook.com</font></span></div>
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