Application Programming Interface
A pre-defined interface for building application software, containing subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools.
Tag: api design
Episode #552
You've heard of User Experience (UX), but what about DevX? Join Aja Hammerly to learn how to give your APIs a great Developer Experience.
Episode #548
Last week Youssef Chaker demonstrated the risks in adding a quick, ad-hoc JSON endpoint. Today he's going to show you how to leverage JSON-API to create RESTful HTTP interfaces that …
Episode #547
It's one thing to add a basic JSON endpoint. Another to grow an API that's consistent, predictable, well-documented, and fails gracefully. Join guest chef Youssef Chaker for an exploration of …
Episode #544
Unit tests? Integration tests? Where will you get the most bang for the buck from the time you spend testing your code? Join guest chef Chelsea Troy to learn how …
Episode #061: FFI Part 6: PulseFFI Awakens
Tieing methods together with the Composed Method pattern.
Episode #051: FFI Part 3: A New Library
FFI IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!
Episode #038: Caller-Specified Fallback
Sometimes it's hard to decide how to handle a failure in a method call. Raise an exception? Return a nil? Log an error? The best choice may differ depending on …
Episode #035: Callable
Many different kinds of Ruby objects respond to #call. Today's dish is a demonstration of how this fact can be harnessed to easily swap out different implementations of a collaborator …