API vs. SDK: What's the difference? 

true, but the sound of the markers hurts me 😢

What you describe sounds more like a framework to me. Isn't an sdk (software development kit) something you use during the development rather than during actual runtime? Like a debugger etc. If I'm wrong (which is totally possible), could you tell me where you would draw the line between framework and sdk?

@@ulicqueldromal isn't a framework like .NET an sdk anyway? (Idk though i could be wrong as well)

Thanks for that missing piece / clarification

@@ulicqueldromal sounds to me like he’s talking about templates in Wordpress. Especially the last sentence. So SDKs are themes ?

@@tresaidh3y90 no thats a framwork you literally just said it

There are editing softwares that can flip horizontally.

@@ganchen5555 lol

I'm impressed that you think he wrote all this backwards 🤣

The camera was filming behind a glass, and he was writing on that glass as per normal. The video was simply flipped like a mirror image.

He actually use his right hand to write

well ... SDK's are actually code. It's actually instantiated, rather than being a protocol.

I didn't have the enough ryt now . To watch the full video.. Thanks for Summarising it. 😀

@@janglestick thank you mo one is saying what it actually is and you just nailed it. Its that simple.

1 Quick Question. Can a API not work properly without an appropriate SDK and vice-versa ?

@@bibekanandabhattacharjee952 My understanding is that sdk make it easier and faster to implement the api communication rather than writing code from scratch as it contains already all the methods needed to make api calls so we can just call the methods instead of writing the entire implementation. (Without reinventing the wheel)

I was just thinking that. But, I think he wrote it just the way he always writes. But, in the editing software, the image is flipped horizontally...

Maybe the video is flipped?

The video is mirrored, so he is right handed and wear his watch on his left ARM ^^

he is a computer generated person

He's using a LightBoard. See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wCOuu0-o5YI.html

I just go to 29 seconds where he finished the square for the dog, I can't even continue, it's like nails on chalk board for me.

i stop watch at this point

I agree. I had to discontinue the video bcz of sound it makes

I actually like that sound. It's nothing like nails on a chalkboard

Nails on a chalk board is pure hell.

That's the idea. It should always be the guiding principles of good software. It's also great that the api or design when they are easy for the layperson to dive into the subject. Yes there is still a learning curve. If you look at search engines you dont ever had to think about issues about ranking or api or syntaxes almost never. Similarly, difficult concepts should be enjoyed by everyone. So there is a lot of work still. Glad you're enjoying it

I don't understand shit

Horizontal flip

Very Interesting. And here I thought SDK's was a great Idea.

worth noting that if the language has tree shaking, sdk size is not an issue

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Haha love this!

Indeed, literally a Java function can be called as 'API'

He already said that Rest is an example of API.

What is the difference between a SDK and a package then?

See ibm.biz/write-backwards

You are most welcome

true and also valletri bottas

Thanks, Bala!

You're welcome, glad you like our video format! 👍

You're definitely right. Sdk is made of api. Sdk leverage boilerplate, help you code with less effort. Sdk is a toolbox with screws, driver, humer. Api is what was used to make the toolbox and tools. Rest-Api est a tool made by Apis.

@@vivienh.missamou208 Can we also compare it to a "method" in programming?

@@fern21 Yes just saying sdk as method is beautiful. even a layman can understand that instead of saying SDK

Sorry, but there seems to be some confusion here... An sdk is typically a KIT for fx DirectX and the likes. Its purpose to give you a toolset on the box. It's also often including tools for advanced debugging like the Windows SDK. You work with a specific product to create something on that platform. Api is an interface where for you ask a system or part of a system through a defined protocol to do some task for you. Api exposes something through a specific paradigm whereas SDK's contains more than just a facade. That's more like lego. REST is really a bad example, if we're being academic here. Cause we're talking about a very old paradigme that has been popularized. So, when people talk about Apis today, we tend to think HTTP, and not the likes of a C header file. It's a matter of level of technology Oh on a side note: I find it weird that this videos discusses a topic with no reference to C or C++ where these terms came to life and back in the hayday set many standards including this topic.

@@vivienh.missamou208 Is WinAPI (Windows API) in this case incorrect term as far as it gives access to Windows SDK?

Probably he flipped the video after recording.

I came here to see what the NEW meaning of API is... they only talk about web APIs. I’m frustrated that I can no longer discuss about the API of a class, or the API of a module, because people already assume I’m talking about REST 😒 Then I try “interface” and people assume I’m talking about inheriting and extending methods, which is closer, but not the pure Application Programming Interface meaning.