The Evolution of Interfaces: From UI to API in Software Development
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Summary
The article discusses the evolution of interfaces in software development, starting with user interfaces (UI) designed for human interaction and later introducing application programmable interfaces (API) for program-to-program communication. It highlights the importance of design principles in both UI and API development.
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Then we added an application programmable interface (API) when we wanted the application to be operated by other applications - integrated programs.
There’s a whole branch of study around good and bad patterns in that design practice, focusing on how we make things easily operable by humans.
First we built a user interface (UI) when the application was just going to be operated by humans. There’s a whole branch of study around good and bad patterns in that design practice, focusing on how we make things easily operable by humans.
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