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Started by Jama98 March 29, 2006 02:24 PM

1 comment, last by Boder 18 years ago

Jama98

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March 29, 2006 02:24 PM

What is the difference between an Application Programming Interface (API) and an Software Development Kit (SDK). I seem to use the two terms interchangably, but I was wondering about the differences between the two

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Kalasjniekof

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March 29, 2006 02:34 PM

API: what you use while actually programming (mostly headers containing functions and objects).
SDK: package containing source code, documentation and examples.

Boder

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March 29, 2006 02:40 PM

Beginner FAQ

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