Practical API Design

PART III

Daily Life

It’s good when you understand how things are supposed to work, but it’s better if you are able to make them work yourself. Unfortunately, the first doesn’t automatically lead to the second! Understanding the theory is important: at least you now know the background of API design and can justify your day-to-day decisions. However, your common daily operations are even more dynamic and flexible than the theory describes. So, you need to apply the theory carefully, with an eye to the specific environments in which you are working at the time.

Theories are products of science. Whenever a science explores a world, it tries to describe ...