Designing Accessible APIs

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Explore fundamental rules for designing accessible APIs that are powerful yet easy to use, even for novice developers. Learn from Dave DeLong, Principal iOS Engineer at WeWork, as he shares insights gained from 10 years of designing and shipping APIs to millions of developers. Discover how to create APIs that stand the test of time and are a pleasure to use. Delve into topics such as accessibility, kindness in API design, future-proofing, minimizing user effort, duplication, unit testing, framework considerations, platform conventions, flexibility, and expressing APIs effectively. Gain valuable knowledge on avoiding transitive dependencies, leveraging new features, preventing crashes, and cultivating empathy in API design.