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Whether for pleasure as a side project or for serious profit as an entrepreneurial endeavor, developers love to use APIs.
At Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, we chatted with Michaels about best practices for monetization, strategies for building on someone else's platform, how to survive in a rollercoaster-like ecosystem of third-party apps, and other topics of concern to API-happy developers.
In polling more than 550 mobile and web app developers at SXSW Interactive two months ago, Mashery unearthed a wealth of information about how we use APIs. Google, Twitter and Amazon were said to have the best offerings for third-party devs, and many devs told Mashery what they wanted most was more clarity on API terms of use and code samples.
For those of you curious about coding languages, PHP and JavaScript accounted for 48% of developers' work, while only 6% said they used Objective C (used in creating iPhone apps). And interestingly, most devs who work with APIs aren't in it for the cash:
Developers, take a second to watch Michels in the video, and let us know what you think of his insights. Do you agree with his statements about being able to build a business from APIs?