32. Reasons for APIs:
You can change the backend or the
frontend when you need to.
You build them in parallel.
You can have various different interfaces
to the same content (mobile, web, iPad...)
You give third parties access to your data
and not to your system.
You crowdsource innovation.
46. select * from csv where
url="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?
key=tpWDkIZMZleQaREf493v1Jw&output=
csv"
and
columns="Year,City,Sport,Discipline,Countr
y,Event, Gender,Type"
and Year="1924"
50. All you need is a
developer who
knows how to
access data on the
web.
51. YQL helps you filter
and convert
information - even
for mobile
environments.
52. Using YQL has a lot of
benefits:
No time wasted reading API docs
Using the console makes creating
complex queries dead easy.
Data filtering down to the least
amount necessary.
Fast pipes.
Caching + converting
Server-side JavaScript for complex
conversions
