Re: Writing APIs, was "About The Cloud: Quick-Read Suggestions"

[sphilip <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>]

>From the aforementioned article on why good API documentation is quite rare:

there’s a good chance that [developers] struggled through their literature and social studies classes in school, and would’ve much rather spent that time solving problems in their math and science classes.

it's great when someone says something you can't get away with saying yourself unless you can quote a published source. 

Bookmarked!!


> Bowes, Rebecca wrote:
> 
>> Here's a link to a very basic summary of writing APIs:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309172.aspx
>> 


Best

Phil
http://applehelpwriter.com

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