And how are they used by developers?
What is an API (in 5 minutes)
With an internet full of confusing and unfamiliar acronyms, it can be easy to get confused. One web acronym you may have heard but never had the inspiration to look into is “API.”
What is an API? API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface and is the name for a set of routines and protocols that make the process of building software applications much easier.
A simple way to think of an API is as a roadmap that tells the components of a piece of software how to interact with each other. Without the use of an API, source code could look like a messy, confusing mess.
