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Not to mention the quality of the SDK (as something over and above the API, I might add). Decision makers consider these things. If the sale of the product depends on its API, then you need to reach the decision makers.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
> I still don't get why an end user would need to know anything about an
> API other than *what* it can be used for, which is typically a bullet
> list.
>
> Why would anyone other than programmers need a diagram of *how* an API
> works? I don't see the business case for creating such a document.
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