It's Not You, It's the API - Automatically Avoiding API Misuses
Explore a 10-minute conference talk from Strange Loop that delves into the challenges of using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and presents an innovative solution for avoiding API misuses. Learn how to create an automated continuous conversation between API designers and users by mining examples of API usage in practice. Discover how API designers can author usage rules and automatically encode them into checks for client developers. Gain insights into the research conducted by Sarah Nadi, an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Software Reuse, on providing automated support tools for efficient software development. Understand the focus on supporting developers in library selection, correct API usage, and potential migration to newer alternatives. Find out more about the Software Maintenance and Reuse (SMR) lab at the University of Alberta and related tools for API misuse detection.