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API usability: a standalone construct

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APIusability1 CONSTRUCTAPI usabilityMYERS · SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

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how easy application programming interfaces are for developers to learn and use correctly, which can be studied with HCI methods.

In software engineering, API usability refers to how easy application programming interfaces are for developers to learn and use correctly, which can be studied with HCI methods. This meaning comes from Myers (2016) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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  1. Myers, B. A., & Stylos, J. (2016). Improving API usability. Communications of the ACM, 59(6), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1145/2896587

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