Do RESTful API design rules have an impact on the understandability of Web APIs?

• Published in: Empirical software engineering : an international journal Vol. 28; no. 6; p. 132
• Main Authors: Bogner, Justus, Kotstein, Sebastian, Pfaff, Timo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Application programming interface; Best practice; Compilers; Computer Science; Design; Experiments; Interfaces; Interpreters; Programming Languages; Software engineering; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Software quality; controlled experiment; Web API design; Understandability

Context Web APIs are one of the most used ways to expose application functionality on the Web, and their understandability is important for efficiently using the provided resources. While many API design rules exist, empirical evidence for the effectiveness of most rules is lacking. Objective We the...