APIs are application programming interfaces. They are pieces of software that act as a bridge between one application and another application, piece of hardware or database of information, for example ...

ITworld.com, Ebusiness in the Enterprise – ‘Never work with children or animals’ is a rule of thumb often evinced in the acting profession. Children and animals alike are famous for not doing what ...

As noted in an overview from Red Hat, the technical definition of an API, which stands for “Application Programming Interface,” is a "set of definitions and protocols for building and integrating ...

The economic success of computer programs is directly linked to offering an attractive user interface, eg, an intuitive menu, toolbars, icons, interconnections between functionalities, special effects ...

Separating interface from implementation has many practical benefits. Here’s a simple way to do just that, in ANSI-standard C code. How do you organize medium-sized or larger C programs? Few C ...

In “Create Client-Side User Interfaces in HTML, Part 1,” I discussed in depth HTMLPane, a class that simplifies layout of client-side user interfaces by letting you specify them in HTML and providing ...

“A growing shortage of skilled labor requires the further simplification of automation and programming, especially among small and medium-size enterprises where complexity is seen as a major barrier ...

Researchers modelled learning and visual search and predicted how users learn new or partially changed user interfaces. The model shows that even small changes can disturb visual search and impede use ...

Everyone has an opinion about user interfaces. The trouble is, most people don’t have enough experience to back those opinions up. Among PC and Mac users worldwide, most use one platform regularly and ...