This Tech Talk will be starting in 55 min! On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please join us for the following tech talk: > > *Tech Talk**:* A developer's-eye view of API client libraries: how to > choose them, how to make them, how to make them better > *Presenter:* Frances Hocutt > *Date:* January 6 > *Time:* 1830 UTC > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=tech+talk%3A+API+client+libraries&iso=20150106T1830&p1=%3A&am=30> > Link to live YouTube stream <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz__duVeaWY> > *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office > Google+ page > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/c8fnclmkeam2gbrng1cn0g99mi0>, > another > place for questions > > *Talk description: *This talk will cover why developers do (and don't) > use any of the > wide variety of client libraries available to get and post data > through the MediaWiki API. We'll talk about writing tools with an eye > to developer experience, go through the "gold standard" for MediaWiki > API client libraries > (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code/Gold_standard) and the > thinking behind it, and share some of the resources available for both > library writers and library users. > > If you write or maintain an API client library, you'll learn about > what you can do to help your library get out of the way and let > developers who work with it spend their mental energy on putting > together exciting projects, not on fighting with tools. If you work > with the MediaWiki API (write bots, do research, maintain wikis), > you'll learn what to consider when you're choosing a framework for > your project. Either way, you'll start to appreciate all the factors > beyond a library's code that make the difference between fun and easy > development and a frustrating slog. > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
