Practical API Design Confessions of a Java Framework Architect /

Practical API Design Confessions of a Java Framework Architect /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tulach, Jaroslav. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Java (Computer program language).
Software engineering.
Java.
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0974-4
Table of Contents:
  • Theory and Justification
  • The Art of Building Modern Software
  • The Motivation to Create an API
  • Determining What Makes a Good API
  • Ever-Changing Targets
  • Practical Design
  • Do Not Expose More Than You Want
  • Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations
  • Use Modular Architecture
  • Separate APIs for Clients and Providers
  • Keep Testability in Mind
  • Cooperating with other APIs
  • Runtime Aspects of APIs
  • Declarative Programming
  • Daily Life
  • Extreme Advice Considered Harmful
  • Paradoxes of API Design
  • Evolving the API Universe
  • Teamwork
  • Using Games to Improve API Design Skills
  • Extensible Visitor Pattern Case Study
  • End-of-Life Procedures
  • Epilogue
  • The Future.

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