Chapter 11: Designing an API Specification

Magic shows are a lot of fun. The magician does something that seems impossible and it thrills and excites us. How can they possibly do that? I could never do that!

From the outside, software development can seem a lot like that. The developer types out some code and, like magic, something happens in the application. How can they possibly do that? I could never do that!

Of course, if you look on the internet, you can find videos that show you some of the tricks magicians use. It turns out that many magic tricks involve a few simple rules. Similarly, with a bit of time, you can understand how software development works. For those of us who have made it through the frustration of learning to code, we ...

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