VentureBeat May 7, 2021
APIs — the application programming interfaces that efficiently connect disparate systems — have been likened to electrical sockets, bartenders, passport clerks, and magic. Though they have been around for more than two decades, in the past 10 years APIs have enjoyed exponential growth in lockstep with the explosion in mobile and web apps.
While not much to look at, these machine-readable snippets — and the data they help shuttle about — let programmers dream up and deliver amazing new combinations of existing resources at a pace previously unheard-of in software development.
Browse a real estate app and get a pin on a map to show the location of your dream home? An API did that. Check the weather on your...
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