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Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect View Larger Image | Jaroslav Tulach
Apress, Hardcover, Published August 2008, 416 pages, ISBN 1430209739 | List Price: $74.99
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Chapter 1: The Art of Building Modern Software
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You might think more than enough design books exist in the programming world
already. In fact, there are so many that it makes sense to ask why you would
read yet another. Is there really a need for yet another design book? In fact,
there is a greater need than ever before, and Practical API Design: Confessions
of a Java Framework Architect fills that need!
• Teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of Time
• Written by the designer of the NetBeans API at Sun
• Based on best practices, scalability, and API design patterns
What you’ll learn
• What an API is and what the theories are behind good API design
• When and why to build an API
• API design patterns applicable to all programming languages, especially
modern, object–oriented languages
• How to optimize and test APIs
Who is this book for?
This book is recommended to every API architect who prefers a bit more engineering
design over a purely artistic one.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Yet Another Design Book?
PART 1 Theory and Justification
Chapter 1 The Art of Building Modern Software
Chapter 2 The Motivation to Create an API
Chapter 3 Determining What Makes a Good API
Chapter 4 Ever-Changing Targets
PART 2 Practical Design
Chapter 5 Do Not Expose More Than You Want
Chapter 6 Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations
Chapter 7 Use Modular Architecture
Chapter 8 Separate APIs for Clients and Providers
Chapter 9 Keep Testability in Mind
Chapter 10 Cooperating with Other APIs
Chapter 11 Runtime Aspects of APIs
Chapter 12 Declarative Programming
PART 3 Daily Life
Chapter 13 Extreme Advice Considered Harmful
About the Author
Jaroslav Tulach is the founder and initial architect of NetBeans, later acquired
by Sun. As creator of the technology behind NetBeans, he is still with the project
to find ways to improve the design skills among all the programmers who contribute
to the success of NetBeans open source project.
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