"A collection of best practices and design standards for web and internal APIs. In API Design Patterns you will learn: Guiding principles for API patterns; Fundamentals of resource layout and naming; Handling data types for any programming language; Standard methods that ensure predictability; Field masks for targeted partial updates; Authentication and validation methods for secure APIs; Collective operations for moving, managing, and deleting data; Advanced patterns for special interactions and data transformations. API Design Patterns reveals best practices for building stable, user-friendly APIs. These design patterns can be applied to solve common API problems and flexibly altered to fit your specific needs. Hands-on examples and relevant use-cases illustrate patterns for API fundamentals, advanced functionalities, and even uncommon scenarios. APIs are contracts that define how applications, services, and components communicate. API design patterns provide a shared set of best practices, specifications and standards that ensure APIs are reliable and simple for other developers to use. This book collects and explains the most important patterns from both the API design community and the experts at Google. API Design Patterns lays out a set of design principles for building internal and public-facing APIs. Google API expert JJ Geewax presents patterns that ensure your APIs are consistent, scalable, and flexible. You’ll improve the design of the most common APIs, plus discover techniques for tricky edge cases. Precise illustrations, relevant examples, and detailed scenarios make every pattern clear and easy to understand."--

Forget the complicated instructions and baffling techspeak found in other guides, The Quick-and-Easy Web Site gives you straightforward instruction on how to build a Web page that really delivers. It's simple. It's fast. And it's certain to take your small business to the next level. Written for the small-business owner on the go, this book gets your Web site up and running in just one day. It walks you through the five easy steps that will get your company the Internet attention it deserves. Learn how to: Purchase your domain name Write powerful Web content Design your page's layout Find a Web host Publish your site Once your new site goes active, you'll attract new customers in no time. This fast and effective guide puts you and your company where you belong-on the Web! Paula Peters is the owner of Peters Writing Services, Inc., a firm that specializes in writing and designing marketing materials, including Web sites. She has written marketing materials for a variety of Fortune 500 companies across the globe and has published more than 50 articles, essays, and stories. The author of The Ultimate Marketing Toolkit, Peters also has taught thousands of entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers over the past 12 years.

Turn those pesky constraints imposed by your client into challenges that you can overcome. Author John Foster teaches you how by showcasing an amazing array of projects by designers who have done just that. From annual reports and brochures to CD inserts and posters, these designers have overcome all obstacles and produced work that still exceeds expectations. With over 150 design solutions to browse, you'll be sure to find a project that gives you the inspiration you need. In Maximum Page Design, you will find a multitude of tips and tricks to: sidestep the horrors of "design-by-committee" get your design approved easily creatively incorporate feedback So get moving! Read this book and then take another look at that "problem project" that has been plaguing you. You'll be celebrating success in no time!

A preliminary edition of this book was published from O'Reilly (ISBN 9780596550066). SQLite is a small, embeddable, SQL-based, relational database management system. It has been widely used in low- to medium-tier database applications, especially in embedded devices. This book provides a comprehensive description of SQLite database system. It describes design principles, engineering trade-offs, implementation issues, and operations of SQLite.