Master Google’s best APIS

THE SEARCH GIANT IS A TREASURE TROVE OF APIS, READ ON FOR THE BEST ONES

Software is an unique product in that it can be multiplied with minimal cost. Once the development has been footed, adding new installations tends to be an issue of purchasing extra hardware. Google has used this very approach to produce a variety of APIs, providing web designers access to building blocks used for the realisation of its own services. Some of them are, fortunately for us, made available for free: Google willingly foots the bill in order to tie developers closer to its own ecosystem. In addition to the eventual introduction of monetisation (well-established APIs tend to stop being free when enough people use them), Google furthermore profits from the ability to get its APIs stress-tested by third parties without needing to pay them for their work. Another, possibly more…

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