What is an API? Reading Assignment

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2 ) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN API AND TWEETER API IS THAT TWEETER IN THIS CASE OR A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE CAN PLAY THE ROLE OF API FOR MIGRATE INFORMATION FROM ANOTHE SERVER ex FACEBOOK SERVER

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#405

What is an API?

API is defined as a specification of possible interactions with a software component.

In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?

Java API hold the code protocol which make it possible to code interact in Java program environment.(Included inside Java development kit). Twitter API hold the code protocol for code interaction between client and a server.(web-based API)

The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.

Laundry, I just press a button and my clothes get’s washed. The computation the washing machine does is nothing i think about.

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#406

Excellent answers sir, well documented! Please keep them like that :muscle:

Carlos Z.

#407
  1. application programming interface. It is a software component that describes the “how” of operability.
  2. the Twitter API is a web-based API. It must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.
  3. My keychain/keyfob’s interaction with my house alarm system. The ability to turn on and off the alarm via this fob w/out touching the house keypad on the wall.
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#408

Thank You for your input.

Barry D.

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#409
  1. What is an API?
    API is a series of instructions, processes and codes or that interact between two entities to generate a result.
  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two?
    Java API list of instructions that help the developer to create the interface between users and computer.
    Twitter API series of rules that helps us interact with the twitter database
  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    prepare my coffee every morning in my Keurig I put the coffee closed and the machine is responsible for giving me the desired result,
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#410

1- An API allows you to tap into functionality developed elsewhere over the web. It includes info about the “what” and “how.” In the case of Twitter’s API, it explains what an application can do with a tweet and how to do it. In the case of Facebook, the API may allow you or an application to understand how to deal with a list of friends for example. API stands for Application Programming Interface and it allows developers to not have to “reinvent the wheel” per se.

2- The main difference between a Java API and a Twitter API is the way it’s accessed. Java API is accessed by installing the Java Development Kit, whereas the Twitter API is accessed via the web.

3- An abstraction is a way of organizing otherwise complex functions or systems into simple, easy, manageable actions. In daily life, using my iPhone to call someone can be simplified or “abstracted” by a system that simply lets me say the name of the contact I want to call, and then presenting me with their contact info so I can then just press the button. Better yet, if using Siri, I can just say, “Call Grandma ma.” This eliminates the need for me to type in the search bar or scroll through my contacts, or even type the letter of the first or last name of the contact into my phone in order to reach them.

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#411

This response made me LOL - very funny. I wonder how your girlfriend would react to it if she sees it.

#412

  1. What is an API?
    – An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way of writing reusable code that can be accessed by users, developers, and other programs in a simple way without them having to know the complexities or details of how the code works

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
    – The Java API is available is a library of reusable software components available out of the box as part of the Java Developer Toolkit. It allows Java developer to quickly implement common programming tasks such as dealing with lists without having to code such functionality
    from scratch each time; whereas the Twitter API is a web-based JSON API is specific to the services that Twitter hots and it allows developers to write code to easily interact with Twitter data over the internet

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    – A common abstraction in my daily is interacting with my big screen TV. I simply pick up the remote control, press the power on button and the
    channel and volume button as needed.

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  1. Allows the access of data from a server or client to work with another component.
  2. The Java API is library of components that are installed with the Java Development Kit and
    provide simplified way of programming tasks. The Twitter API allows for developers to
    interact with the twitter data provided over the internet.
  3. When I go to Bistro or supermaket and buy a ready made meal. This is a form of
    obstraction as it enables me to avoid buying all the ingredients seperate, measuring and
    cooking those same ingredients-simplifying the process.
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#414

  1. An API - application programming interface - it is a way for programms to communicate with eachother.

  2. Java API is included in the Java Development Kit, while the Twitter API is a web-based API, so it must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.

  3. Whenever I choose to order food through apps like uber eats. I don’t think about all the work that is behind, including the food being prepared or the delivery.

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#415

1- APIs make your programming life easier, for example, you dont need to be able to build an engine and transmission in order to drive the car, it lis like the under the hood mecanics that allow things connected to work together

2- Java is an API they designed , to control and manage the lists and information internally. Twitter is using a public API dealing with social media info
3- Siri on the iphone, smart appliances like fridge that orders milk before you runout.and the remote starter for warming the car to a specific temperature before you go out.

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#416

**1) What is an API?

Are rules that allow one set of code to interact with another set of codes or a way of interface to programatically interact with a separate software components.

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
-Java API is more like a Back end that that had codes that interact with Java Programming.
-Twitter API are also codes that are send from the client to the software.
3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
Every time you enter a restaurant they welcome you

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#417
  1. Application programming interface which allows user to interact with the pre-coded functions
  2. Java API is a developer kit you can download, Twitter API is web based
  3. Basically everything in tech we use these days are more or less simplifying a complex function in to a few pushes of a button.
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#418

Quit right, but is not exactly public, is a web-based API, controled by Twitter so the can chose which data can be public and which can not.

If you have any more questions, please let us know so we can help you! :slight_smile:

Carlos Z.

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  1. An API is a predetermined set of rules that makes complex actions more simple. It also allows complex actions to be programmed repeatedly very simply.

  2. JAVA is a more open-ended development kit while Twitter is an API with a very specific function.

  3. My alarm clock causes me to wake up, which triggers me to get out of bed, which triggers me to go to the bathroom, which triggers me to then wash my hands, which triggers me to then brush my teeth…

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#420

1) What is an API?

a connection between different elements in a software, internal or also external (open API)

2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?

Java API is internal while Twitter API is public

3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.

  • Abstraction layers are crucial to get broader user adoption since it makes software usable for non-developers.
  • each abstraction layer make complex code more user friendly
    ie. one often only has to press a buttom and in the background many different operations are executed and connected (Google Maps destinations)
  • Early stage software in the 90s had no abstraction layers (no UX/UI etc…)
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#421

  1. API - Application Programming Interface - A set of protocols that allow a user or application to interact with another application.

  2. The main difference is the Java API is part of the Java SDK and deals with local libraries whereas the Twitter API is done with HTTP requests and relies on an internet connection.

  3. An abstraction from my daily life is my coffee machine. I just add beans and water and press the brew button and the coffee is made.

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#422

1)What is an API?
-API stands for Application Programmable Interface. It is defined as a specification of all possible interaction with a software component. An API hides complexity and organizes code among other features.
2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
-JAVA API is a library of software components, that allows for productivity in handling standard components like a list. Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers programatically interact with Twitter data
3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
-Every keyboard, on a computer, functions the same, if one goes bad unplug it and plug another, it will function the same, regardless of who the manufacturer is.

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#423

Thanks Thecil.
Although I realize this , forgot to mention it.

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