API??

[JC0133]

What is an API and what programming language is good to learn to write code for this?

 

[dighn]

API stands for Application Programming Interface, and is basically a set of interfaces that allow a programmer to use some functionality provided by a piece of code. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface

Your other question is however extremely vague. There are many APIs out there. There's the Windows API, .net API, Java API, iOS API, POSIX API, ajax APIs etc. etc. probably hundreds if not thousands of these, and they each are used with a different set of languages. You are going to have to provide more context information.

 

[Cerb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface

Any halfway popular programming language out there can be used to make an API.

 

[Ichinisan]

An example is any software application for any operating system. It uses the operating system's APIs to create forms (windows) with buttons and other controls. Applications use the OS's APIs to trigger standard dialog boxes like File-Open and File-Save.

 

[Markbnj]

I believe it qualifies as the second most general term in software engineering, right below 'Program.'