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Six Characteristics of Good APIs

  1. Be minimal

  2. Be complete

  3. Have clear and simple semantics

  4. Be intuitive

  5. Be easy to memorize

  6. Lead to readable code

Help needed for "Six Characteristics of Good APIs"!

The following is missing from this set of principles:

Overview: e.g. 

overview: This set of principles is designed to promote inclusivity and accessibility. This is achieved by…

Source:A link to the principles or an article about them e.g. 

source: http://example.com

Summary: Each design principle can have a brief summary, these could be a couple of lines or a detailed paragraph outlining how this principle is used or measured, e.g.

- principle: Strive to be universal
summary: Our aim is to be a resource that is helpful to everyone. We do this by strictly adhering to principles of progressive enhancement…

It would be great if you could contribute and update this set of principles with anything that's missing!

Ben Brignell maintains principles.design as an open source resource.

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