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Sure. but I said I want to start writing code before I know anything about the API. I don't want to have to install some tool, figure out how to configure it,
by dec0dedab0de 6y ago
Sure. but I said I want to start writing code before I know anything about the API. I don't want to have to install some tool, figure out how to configure it, then look through the API, and convert what I find into code. I want to start coding, and explore using the code I'm writing as I write it.
- diveanon 6y agoIf you are writing code before reading the api docs you are doing it very very wrong. Maybe for a toy project you can just jump in and start hacking, but then who really cares what tech you decide to use?
- dec0dedab0de 6y agoIn theory I would agree, but most of the time I need to have a special account with the vendor to see the docs, and the docs are never up to date, even when they're dynamically generated somehow. Plus I'm not always using an API that expects me to be using it. Sometimes the API goes out of it's way to prevent me from using it, but the vendor gives me their blessing to try. Interacting with systems like this for a decade has conditioned me to just try it out first, and then look up what i need to know if i'm having trouble, or need to optimize.