What is an API? Reading Assignment

Blockchain Business Course
#927
  1. What is an API? Application Programming Interfaces hide complexity from developers, extend systems to partners, organise code and make components reusable. An API is a way to programmatically interact with separate software component or resource.
  2. I n the article the autor compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two API’s? Twitter’s API is Web based. It can only communicate with Twitter, whilst Java’s API is common and can be used for many other connections.
  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down and abstraction from your daily live. Every day pre cooked meals arrive at my home, I receive an email from my personal assistant with my daily schedule with the most important tasks highlighted for that day. When I finish work I get picked up by my driver and go to a restaurant that was scheduled by my assistent. Abstraction of time consuming tasks. (This is not how I live)
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#928

1) What is an API?
Application Program Interface
2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
JavaAPI is a generic tool box Twitter AP is specific to twitter
3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
I love curries, so I have different restaurants who specialise in different curries. When I need a curry, I just want to say the type I want, and a black box will hear me, interpret my request, communicate with the restaurant that specialises in the curry I want, place an order, and call an uber to pick up, deliver, payuber & restaurant by my CC and when the uber arrives, announce to me that my xxx curry is at the door. So I order & rcv curry, everything else is abstracted in the black box.

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#929

  1. A way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource.

  2. JavaAPIs are in a developer kit whereas TwittersAPIs are web based.

  3. My Smart thermostat is a form of abstraction, I just set the range of temperature I want my house to stay at and it makes sure it does.

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#930

  1. API stands for “application Programming Interface” and it interacts with various software components or resources as an intermediary so two different applications can communicate with each other.

  2. The Java API is included in the Java Development kit, the Twitter API is web-based and must be accessed by making HTTP requests over the internet.

  3. Abstraction, just like programming, also exists in our daily lives. We simplify our routines and thinking process so we can cope with all of the complexities associated with life. The request “please clean your room” is an abstraction of various actions that take place over the cleaning process that isn’t specifically limited to one part of your room nor is it limited to a particular cleaning action.

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#931

  1. APIs are intermediary software-modules that link a program to another program or component

  2. The Java API is a library of software components available in the Java Development Kit. The Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data.

  3. An example of abstraction: Replacing the hard-disk of my laptop. I don’t have to think about what material is inside, how all the parts work, or even what brand it is… All I care is that its data cable fits into the socket.

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#932

  1. Application programming interface. Set of pre set rules and instructions which helps with interaction of other applications.

  2. Java API is a part of the java development kit which holds the packages, classes, interfaces and so on. It specifies how to use the items in the kit.

The Twitter API on the other hand is web-based and sends requests over the web which then is responded by responses which holds data.

  1. You don’t need to know everything about how something works in order to use it. A lot of people knows how to drive any type of car but few people know how they each exactly works. All you need to know is the abstract concept that they are a vehicle, the principle on how to drive them is the same.
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#933

1) What is an API?

API stands for application programming interface. An API is a way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource.

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 for developers to work with the Java platform. In the other hand the Twitter API is a public API that you would use to interact with the social networking service.

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

Everyday, when I turn on my car, I only twist the key and there are lots of procceses working simultanously to make the car start. Electricity from the battery goes to the motor starter, there are pumps wich begin to work so the fuel can flow to the piston and then the spark plug initiates the combustion.

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#934

1) API
–> a way to interface different layers of softwares in a programatic fashion.
2) Java API
–> is a library of software components available “out of the box” to anyone who has installed the Java Development Kit.
TWITER API
–> is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data.
3) ABSTRACTION
Every day I go to a place where I am paid to solve some other’s problems and then I am paid for that at the end of the month. Also known as regular job.

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#935
  1. API’s (Application Programming Interface) are ways to programmatically interact with other API’s which can be thought of as separate software components or resources. An API allows developers to develop code without having to develop all code for all things from scratch.
  2. Java API can be worked with by downloading the Java Development kit and using out of the box API’s, while Twitter must be used via requests in the JSON format sent over the internet to services that Twitter hosts (e.g. tweets).
  3. An abstraction can be thought of as a simplified way of routing a complex set of commands to achieve a simplified result. A mother with an infant could be an example where a baby cries “Waahh”
    to issue a vocal interactive of it’s wants/needs and a mother, being capable of being a fabulous abstraction can set into a series of events: Checking the diaper to see if a change is necessary/giving the baby milk/or setting the baby down for a nap are only a few of a many functioned set of series that may be triggered by the “Waahh” input.
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#936

Holy Mackerel! Talk about your rabbit holes!

  1. What is an API?
    A. An “application programming interface” is a program that allows different programs to interact.

  2. In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?**
    B. Java API is used to implement common tasks in programming so you don’t have to write every line of code by hand.
    Twitter API is a JavaScript Object Notation and is used primarily between web clients and web browsers.

  3. The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
    C. I currently work at the local post office and use an electric lift regularly. It has two buttons, up and down, I press the buttons to ease access to parcels for sortation, pushing a button is easier than setting up the gears each time to elevate or lower the bin of parcels.

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#937
  1. What is an API?

An Application Programming Interface is used to enable independent software applications to communicate and interact with each other. An API of a particular software app will contain information about what the app can do and how it is possible to interact with the app. An API provides information about what tasks its app can do and what the specifications of interactions with this app are, e.g. what kind of data must be fed to the app and what can the app do with this data. In this way, an API creates a level of abstraction as it takes away the complexity of what the app is doing behind the scenes and focuses only on providing information relevant to the functionality of the software and how other apps can utilize these functionalities.

  1. What is the main difference between the Java API and the Twitter API?

The Java API is a library of software components that comes with Java. These components run on the Java Virtual Machine and can be used by the programmer, meaning the programmer does not have to code these components from scratch.

The Twitter API is a web-based API that allows developers to interact with Twitter data. For example, it provides information about the functionalities of tweets and how to interact with tweets (create, like, search, etc).

  1. An example of an abstraction from daily life.

Many people use hardware wallets to manage their crypto funds. They know how to use the wallet and what the wallet does, e.g. creating an account on a blockchain, generating cryptographic keys, etc, but many don’t know what is going on behind the scenes.

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#938

  1. An API is basically a programming tool that specifies possible interactions with a software component; allows for a set of code to communicate with another in a simple way.

  2. Java API is not an open API, as it is only available to devs who have Java Development Kit installed, while Twitter API is an open (web-based) API and is readily accessible on the internet to Twitter hosted services.

  3. Imagine I was a human robot and my daily life was a component of the software, my APIs will comprise of abstractions which include a multitude of complex activities, like waking up, taking a shower, eating food, exercising, etc. These abstractions organize the information about my daily activities and make implementing my APIs much easier.

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#939

1. What is an API?

A way to programmatically interact with different components of a software.

2. What is the main difference between Java API and Twitter API?

Java API is available to developer who have downloaded the java development kit and saves the programmer time as they do not have to code these components from scratch i.e functions.

Twitter API is a web based API that allows developers to interact with web data/

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

Making a phone call, I press to call a contact on my phone and I can hear the specific person on the other side of the line. Many people make phone calls and are unaware of the process that makes this possible.

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#940
  1. An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way to interact with a separate software component or resource, i.e. APIs are used to ‘glue’ applications together to form larger apps. So just like a UI (User Interface) allows the users of an app. to interface with it, an API allows the developers to interface with the app.
  2. The main difference between Java API and Twitter API, is that the Java API is included in the Java Development Kit (i.e. a programmer’s tool kit). In contrast, the Twitter API is a web-based API, which must be accessed by making requests over the Internet to services that Twitter hosts.
  3. An example of an abstraction from daily life (a way of organizing the complexity of a system so that complicated actions can be handled in a simple way), would be setting up a monthly direct debit payment through your bank account to pay a recurring monthly bill at the same time each month. Doing so separately each month as the pay date approached would be a tedious task otherwise.
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#941
  1. A language containing a set of rules that makes it easy for programs (client and server for example) to communicate.
  2. Java API are rules for code that allow you to interact with Java whereas twitter API is a set of rules that allow you to interact with the twitter server through the WEB.
  3. Abstraction means organizing the complexity of a system so that complicated actions become simple to handle. Changing the TV channel using a remote control is one form of abstraction.
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#942

1.An API for interaction between front end Clients and back end servers and simplifies this interaction.
2.Java API is a perdetermined code already included in the Java Development kit.
Twitter API returns data to the requesting client, by making requests over the Internet to the Twitter server.
3.When you make Jams and Jellies , you do it in a order.

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#943

  1. An API is a set of rules that allows data / function flow to be simplified and abbreviated between user/client and server.

  2. The Java API is included in the Java Development kit. The Twitter API is a web based API and is activated between the user and twitter on the internet.

  3. I go to another town and book a hotel on Booking.com. I get there, they know my name, I get my room and a bed to sleep in and its paid for. it could included breakfast and a car, magic.

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#944
  1. What is an API?
    An API is defined as a specification of possible interactions with a software component.

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 a library of software components available “out of the box” to anyone who has installed the Java Development Kit. The Twitter API is a web-based JSON API that allows developers to programmatically interact with Twitter data. Unlike the Java API, which is included in the Java Development Kit, the Twitter API is a web-based API

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

An API abstraction would be Banking App usage to make transfers and payments. The banking system can be complex but through the Banking app all tasks are done easily and swiftly.

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#945

1) What is an API?
API stands for Application Programming Interface and describes a way programs can interact with each other. An API includes information about what and how it can do.
2) In the article the author compares Java API to Twitter API. What is the main difference between these two APIs?
The main difference is that the Twitter API is a web-based API and must be accessed by making requests over the internet to services that Twitter hosts.
the Java API is included in the development kit.
3) The section in the article about abstraction is important, try to understand it and write down an abstraction from your daily life.
Abstraction: the act of obtaining or removing something from a source. In programming abstraction is a process of hiding the implementation details from a user.
The daily use of my email inbox, is shows in black the unread emails, once read the turn grey.
Don´t know how but it works.

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#946

1)An API or Application Programming Interfaces specifies possible interaction with a software component.

2)Twitter API is web based and can only be accessed over the internet, while Java API can be accessed after being installed or downloaded.

3)Driving a car or ordering food online.

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