The API Manifesto

APIs are important tools for the software community. No matter if we are talking about huge enterprises or about small start-ups the case is always the same:
Companies are struggling to create more revenue to survive in the business (super-competitive) world.

APIs do just that.


Each API is a collaborative tool that help businesses, wanna-become-businesses and hobbyists to share their information or consume others information in order to create relevant business models where each ones survival is dependent on the other ones surviving the business world.


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In Search of the API Nirvana
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