All software calls APIs, but some rely on literally "just chaining" these calls together more than writing custom behavior from scratch. After all, someone needs to write the APIs to begin with. That's not to say that these projects aren't useful or valuable, but there's a clear difference in the skill required for either.
You could argue that it's all APIs down to the hardware level, but that's not a helpful perspective in this discussion.
| You could argue that it's all APIs down to the hardware level, but that's not a helpful perspective in this discussion.
Yes, that's what I'm arguing. Why isn't useful? I think it's useful, because it demystifies things. You know that in order to do something, you need to know how to use the particular API.
All software calls APIs, but some rely on literally "just chaining" these calls together more than writing custom behavior from scratch. After all, someone needs to write the APIs to begin with. That's not to say that these projects aren't useful or valuable, but there's a clear difference in the skill required for either.
You could argue that it's all APIs down to the hardware level, but that's not a helpful perspective in this discussion.