How a good software practice thwarts collaboration the multiple roles of APIs in software development.

The principle of information hiding has been very influential in software engineering since its inception in 1972. This principle prescribes that software modules hide implementation details from other modules in order to decrease their interdependencies. This separation also decreases the dependenc...

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Published in:	Software engineering notes. 29, 6 (2004).
Main Author:	De Souza, Cleidson R. B.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Software. Software engineering. Management. Software architectures. Information systems. Information systems applications. Office automation. Groupware. Information interfaces and presentation. Group and organization interfaces. Computer supported cooperative work. Human factors. Application programming interfaces. Empirical software engineering. Interfaces. Qualitative studies.