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Sdk vs Web API

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sdk vs web API

When people tell me that we can simplify the use of a web api by creating a SDK, I need to teach the following:

  1. a web API does not need to be complicated. You should take into account the ease of using the web API in its design (crée une interface en considérant le système et son environnement).
  2. if a web API is intrinsically complicated, the idea of creating a SDK needs to be thought because
    1. it may be they. You might need to create a SDK for each language of your target user,
    2. it has a cost to be maintained and shipped to the user,