Though it's somewhat dated and C# oriented, the really, really fantastic Framework Design Guidelines by Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina is a thoughtful treati

Though it's somewhat dated and C# oriented, the really, really fantastic Framework Design Guidelines by Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina is a thoughtful treatise on designing usable APIs. A lot of the things I read in there still resonate with me almost a decade later. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Framework-Design-Guidelines-Conventions-Development/dp/0321545613 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Framework-Design-Guidelines-Convent...