1. Informatics 223 Applied Software Design Techniques
Lecture 7
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2. Today
The APIs
Expert practices
Designing

3. The APIs Tell us about the APIs themselves
what do we see?
what roles do they play?
Tell us about the process of finding the APIs
Tell us about the value of the APIs

4. Experts test Experts are skeptical Experts simulate continually
Experts draw examples alongside their diagrams
Experts test across representations
Experts prototype concepts
Experts play the fool
Experts are alert to evidence that challenges their theory

5. Experts reflect Experts curtail digressions
Experts retain their orientation
Experts think about what they are not designing
Experts re-assess the landscape
Experts invest now to save effort later

6. Designing
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