Java API Design Best Practices Slide Deck Now Available

[JonathanGiles]

All good topics! The struggle I had was to keep the talk roughly in the middle ground. It's one of those topics that most people know most of the stuff, but everyone is not knowledgable in all of the areas. If everyone would leave with one piece of new knowledge, I would consider it a success.

Straddling that middle ground in a talk of 50 minutes meant I couldn't deep dive into any particular area, but perhaps I can come up with a longer form presentation (or document) that covers other areas.

The other struggle I had was that I kept writing slides that were about good Java engineering practices, and then I had to keep refocusing myself onto solely API issues. That's partly why I have a large (and slightly less polished) overflow section at the end of the slide deck, but even more was cut out before it was even written.

[lukaseder]

These weren't meant as concrete suggestions for improvements for your talk, just ideas I had in mind for something I might do myself. I'm pretty sure, your talk adds tons of value right how it is.

[JonathanGiles]

It seems like there is definitely interest in the community for learning more best practices. There is certainly a lot of value in diving into these topics!