What Is An API? The Clue Is In The Name…

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Simon Phipps

At the end of my testimony in the recent Oracle v Google trial in San Francisco, Judge Alsup asked me to explain what an API is. My answer aimed to simplify the answer for a general listener while remaining recognizable to most programmers. Here’s what I said. Continue reading →

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