If you missed the talk and would like to view the recording, here is the link: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz__duVeaWY <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz__duVeaWY>* It has been released under a creative commons license.
If you have any questions about API Client Libraries please feel free to get in touch with Frances *[email protected] <[email protected]> * You can check out past tech talk recordings at the MediaWiki YouTube page here: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg4wlhlN8RjP6_e_vMC4CTA If you have an idea for a future tech talk that you would like to nominate (or see what we have coming up), please add your suggestions here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event/TechTalks Please feel free to email me with your ideas as well. :) On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
