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What is an API?

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The Why and What - but none of the How

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APIs specify interactions between software components

to share content and/or data

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ApplicationProgrammingInterface

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Application - instructions that direct a

computer to performfunctions

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Programming - creating the softwarecode so a computer

can perform functions

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Interface -rules for how

functionsare to be used by software

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Baseball and Football are games with different

Rules, Functionsand Parameters:

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APIs - Rules for Apps to call Functions

& pass Parameters

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APIs let you usefunctions

without having to createor maintain the code

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Traffic - API vs Apps

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There’s an API for that!

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> 15,000

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APIs are Tools

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A Web API - makesfunctions

available in the Cloud

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“Building an application with no APIs is basically like building a

house with no doors…” Josh Walker, Forrester Research Inc.

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“Corporate developers should consider including APIs in

applications they develop…”

Adam Braunstein, Robert Frances Group Inc.

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API - the set ofRules

for applicationsto communicate

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Learn More - on the Web

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Learn More - “Hands-On”

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March 25-26, 2016