[General] API Development Information

[Matthew H]

Yeah, I realize that but he did mention Google so I gave a very broad
overview of how they work...
On Apr 12, 2012 3:03 PM, "Enabrin Tain" <enabrintain at yahoo.com> wrote:

> lol, you assume much.
> 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?
> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>
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> *From:* Matthew H <hendrix04 at gmail.com>
> *To:* General discussion about makerslocal <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:20 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [General] API Development Information
>
> It sounds like he is more interested in web based APIs than Thick app.
>
> I have mostly worked with REST type of web services (what you have with
> the various google app APIs).
>
> 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.
>
> In my write up, I assumed a lot of things about your knowledge. If you
> have any other questions, feel free to ask.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Karl Sackett <karl.sackett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:12, Neil Spear <spearna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> 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)?
>
> Initially, I would like to find higher level information, which would lead
> to more in-depth paths of interest.
>
>
> Try these:
>
> _C Interfaces and Implementations_, by David R. Hanson (ISBN 0201498413)
>
> _API Design for C++_, by Martin Reddy (ISBN 0123850037)
>
> Reddy has a website for his book at http://www.apibook.com
>
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