When you invite APIs into your stack, they become part of the infrastructure your code is built upon. This is especially true when the API is the beer, as it is for the API comparisons on …
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Ever since launching this site I've received many emails with ideas for other comparisons. With thousands of public APIs there are many ways one could compare APIs. How do I focus in on only the APIs …
SDKs or libraries are important elements of a good developer experience. That's why the API comparisons include a run-down of available libraries and why this factors into the DX Index. But how do …
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There are a lot of factors that go into the API comparisons. Some are backed by hard, undeniable fact. Others are more qualitative, but even those are usually based on some heuristic. Yet, when …
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Any API that courts developers typically has a whole team of people working to create a great developer experience. In fact, this should be an important factor in choosing an API. If there are no …
There are a lot of factors you could consider when comparing APIs. Obviously, this site exists to explore many of the elements to evaluate. A common place I see people trip up is either blindly …
