How Software Talks
A guided path through common concepts software systems use to expose capabilities, integrate, and react to events.
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How Software Talks follows a simple path through interfaces, HTTP-oriented API design, developer tooling, and event-driven notifications used to connect modern software systems.
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1.APIApplication programming interface: a defined interface that allows software systems to request data or functionality from one another.Software & Data2.REST APIAn Application Programming Interface designed around resources and the architectural constraints of Representational State Transfer, commonly using HTTP methods and URLs.Software & Data3.SDKSoftware development kit: collection of tools, libraries, documentation, and utilities that helps developers build software for a particular platform, service, or environment.Software & Data4.WebhookAn event-driven HTTP notification that one system sends to another when a specific event occurs.Software & Data