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    Why Running an API Directory is Harder than it Looks (And Why API Providers Should Care)

Why Running an API Directory is Harder than it Looks (And Why API Providers Should Care)

Neatly concealed in this tale about researching a financial API for inclusion in ProgrammableWeb's API directory is some prescriptive advice for API providers who want to best optimize their developer experiences for maximum developer discoverability, explorability, and comprehension. Unlike a lot of the other prescriptive content we offer on ProgrammableWeb, this article doesn't offer advice on what to do.

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By |May 17th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Google Introduces Payment Process Layer via Payment Request API

Google Introduces Payment Process Layer via Payment Request API

Google has introduced its Payment Request API. The API was created with a goal to "eliminate checkout forms." The new service is not a payment method, nor does it integrate with payment processors. Rather, the API provides a process layer to improve user workflow.

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By |May 17th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Google is Shutting Down the Cloud Prediction API

Google is Shutting Down the Cloud Prediction API

Google is shutting down the Cloud Prediction API on April 30, 2018. After this date, the API will no longer be accessible, and the company will no longer provide any type of support for the API. Google is recommending that developers migrate applications to its Cloud Machine Learning Engine, a managed service that can be used to build machine learning models.

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By |May 17th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Daily API RoundUp: DigitalGlobe GBDX, Aeries, YaCy, QBOS

Daily API RoundUp: DigitalGlobe GBDX, Aeries, YaCy, QBOS

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

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By |May 16th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Oracle Launches API Platform Cloud Service

Oracle Launches API Platform Cloud Service

Oracle recently announced the availability of its new Oracle API Platform Cloud Service. The API platform extends the company's cloud integration capabilities. With a goal of delivering "... capabilities for designing, prototyping, documenting, testing, and managing the proliferation of critical APIs," Oracle integrated existing Oracle tools with capabilities gained through its recent Apiary acquisition.

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By |May 16th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Why SaaS and On-Prem Software Providers Should Think API-First

Why SaaS and On-Prem Software Providers Should Think API-First

Software is great — you write it once, and it just keeps on working forever with no changes. Except, of course, this is not true. It's always evolving, getting new features, and serving new audiences. The promise of software and the reason there are so many businesses built around it is that you can continue to solve your problems in the right way, by upgrading. Upgrade your software a couple times, though, and all of a sudden you have a legacy product.

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By |May 16th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    GitHub Launches New GitHub Desktop Beta and Expands Atom's Git Functionality

GitHub Launches New GitHub Desktop Beta and Expands Atom's Git Functionality

GitHub has announced the launch of the new GitHub Desktop Beta and the release of the GitHub package for Atom. GitHub has had a desktop Git application for quite some time. However, the company has completely rebuilt the application from the ground up so that the user experience is simpler. Another reason for the rebuild is that the existing GitHub Desktop for macOS and Windows are two entirely distinct products with different technology stacks.

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By |May 16th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Vimeo to Add tus Resumable Upload Protocol to its API

Vimeo to Add tus Resumable Upload Protocol to its API

Video sharing platform Vimeo has announced plans to add the tus resumable upload protocol to the Vimeo API in late 2017. Developers will be able to build applications with the updated Vimeo API that provide new ways to upload videos and allow users to upload videos to Vimeo in multiple sessions. Developers will also be able to use tus client implementations in their preferred language and test applications locally.

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By |May 15th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    How BYU Encouraged Student Innovation Via a Standard API

How BYU Encouraged Student Innovation Via a Standard API

Only a few years ago when Brigham Young students wanted to create a site based on university data they were forced to screen scrape the college's website. Now BYU has launched a university-wide API and is about to launch a developer portal. David Raths over at Campus Technology explains the fast progress and what the future holds for APIs at BYU.

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By |May 14th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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    Daily API RoundUp: Cisco Umbrella, DSYNC, LoopMe

Daily API RoundUp: Cisco Umbrella, DSYNC, LoopMe

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

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By |May 13th, 2017|Hacker Culture|0 Comments
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