ok... so an API is like a lower level framework? wikipedia states that Carbon and Cocoa are APIs on Mac, but i always thought those were frameworks.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Jonathan Hess <jh...@apple.com> wrote: > An API is a set of functions, classes, methods, and other bits that give you > a method to interface with a piece of software. A framework is one concrete > way to package a body of software with a set of header files that describe > its API. A web service is another way to give clients an API to a set of > software functionality that exists on a far away server. > > So, you might think of a framework as one of many methods of delivering a > package of software with an API. > > Jon Hess > > On May 21, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: > >> my learning is still shady on what is actually an API... sounds like a >> framework to me... ? >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jhess%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to jh...@apple.com > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
