Application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. An API specifies how software components should interact and APIs are used …

If you didn't have a wrapper, then you'd be forced to make those COM calls yourself. Luckily with the wrapper, you'd just make the calls to the .net wrapping code - which would in turn make …

Feb 14, 2011 · I wrote the article @Devon linked to, so agree with him :-) Though I'd change his "without changing the original content" to also say that the addition to the data also doesn't …

Integrating with an external API is almost a guarantee in any modern web app. To effectively test such integration, you need to stub it out. A good stub should be easy to create and …

Jan 31, 2010 · Semantic API vs Programming API. We can also classify API changes in a third type: semantic changes. The semantic API, is usually a natural language description of what …

Dec 5, 2010 · A slug is an alternative to a name that would otherwise not be acceptable for various reasons - e.g. containing special characters, too long, mixed-case, etc. - appropriate …

Jan 21, 2009 · @SahilBabbar No. An interrupt causes the instructions at some specified place (the interrupt) to be executed. You may be able to hook into the interrupt handling process …

Jan 25, 2016 · Exact method does not matter, can be compiled or not, done by a computer or not. Applying/Application refers to the binding of arguments to the function. Application can be both …

Jan 22, 2010 · In computer programming, a shim is a small library which transparently intercepts an API, changes the parameters passed, handles the operation itself, or redirects the …

Oct 30, 2019 · I see it is a metaphor of water flow: the origin of a river is upstream, the outlet is downstream. But in practice it is gibberish. Nowadays services exchange data through …