Introduction
Application programming interfaces (API) and datasets play important roles in programming design and building. What are APIs and what are the types of datasets? This module introduces APIs, datasets, and databases. You'll distinguish between the different APIs and categories of API families. You'll explore the kinds of datasets including the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Learning objectives
- Explain what an API is
- Describe the different types of APIs and their uses
- Describe the different types of datasets
- Identify questions to ask when considering public datasets
- Explain the benefits and downsides to public use datasets