The design of application programming interfaces can affect the behavior, capabilities, stability, and ease of use of end-user applications. This book helps you learn how to design a good API for large-scale long-term projects. With C++ code to illustrate each concept, it covers the various strategies of API development.

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Dr. Martin Reddy holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has over 30 years of experience in the software industry. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the AAIA, and a Distinguished Member of the ACM. He has published 10 patents, over 40 professional articles, and 2 books. Martin was co-founder and CTO of the AI startup, PullString, where he oversaw the development of the company's technology until it was acquired by Apple in 2019. While at Apple, Martin was a software architect responsible for the architecture and APIs of major components of the Siri virtual assistant. Before that, Dr. Reddy worked for 6 years at Pixar Animation Studios where he was a lead engineer for the studio's in-house animation system. He worked on several Academy Award Winning and Nominated films, such as "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", "Cars", "Ratatouille", and "Wall-E". He was also the hair model for Mr Incredible. Martin began his career at SRI International where he worked on a distributed 3D terrain visualization system and co-authored the geospatial functionality in the VRML and X3D ISO standards. Martin was awarded Alumnus of the Year by his alma mater, Strathclyde University.

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Machine generated contents note: IntroductionChapter 1: QualitiesChapter 2: PatternsChapter 3: DesignChapter 4: StylesChapter 5: C++ UsageChapter 6: PerformanceChapter 7: VersioningChapter 8: DocumentationChapter 9: TestingChapter 10: ScriptingChapter 11: ExtensibilityAppendix A: LibrariesBibliographyIndex.

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Introduction 1. Qualities 2. Patterns 3. Design 4. Styles 5. C++ Usage 6. Performance 7. Versioning 8. Documentation 9. Testing 10. Scripting 11. Extensibility Appendix A: Libraries Bibliography Index