[Chicago] How do you get up to speed with an api?

[Carl Karsten]

I bet you can get bugs fixed and features added too.  I like this plan.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Brantley Harris <deadwisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> I disagree.  I think the best way is to call the API developer and
> harass them repeatedly until they come over and teach you exactly how
> everything works.  Then, since they won't see it coming, bash them
> over the head, and chain up their unconscious body in the basement
> where you will keep them for months, feeding them bread and water in
> exchange for insight into their application.
>
> I'm just saying, that's the *best* way.
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Kumar McMillan
> <kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Tathagata Dasgupta
>> <tathagatadg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi *,
>>> Besides RTFM, test cases, how do make yourself familiar with an api
>>> ... basically discovering what hides underneath and how get things
>>> done with it ...
>>
>> The best way is to study an application that *uses* the API, if one
>> exists.  For example, if there is a website that makes Ajax requests
>> to the API you could use Firebug or Chrome tools to watch the API
>> calls that are made while you interact with the app.
>>
>>> I found bpython from this list, and it has been fantastic compared to
>>> help(foo) and searching ... specifically the intellisence prompting me
>>> whats underneath (with the doc, and even F2-ing to the original code
>>> itself ) ...
>>>
>>> Any tricks, tips you want to share in this respect?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tathagata
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>>> Department of Computer Science
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