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Hanselminutes Podcast 260 - .NET API design that optimizes for Programmer Joy with Jonathan Carter

April 07, 2011 Comment on this post [4] Posted in Learning .NET | Podcast
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Conery, Hanselman and HappinessScott sits down with Jonathan Carter to  brainstorm about optimizing APIs for programmer happiness, rather than programmer productivity.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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April 07, 2011 17:00
When it comes to the subject of writing an API and using a "fluent" (i.e. method chaining) style, I agree with Jonathan that it's best to include a more standard API that developers are used to and to allow the developer to transition into a fluent API if they want.

I did this in my Args library (available via NuGet). You can either make standard method calls one line at a time or you can call an extension method named "AsFluent()" which returns a class that allows for the same method calls/configuration, but does so in a fluent fashion so that you can do all your configuration in a "single line of code".
April 09, 2011 2:40
Scott,

How much taller are you than Rob Connery?
April 09, 2011 7:34
I am -5 inches taller than Rob Conery.
April 09, 2011 7:38
If this picture was taken just 30 seconds prior you would have seen Scott do a full Jiu-Jitsu takedown on yours truly. Using only his Diet Coke and that lovely goatee.

The weird look on my face? Yah that's pain. I think I'm one knee... and I'm fairly certain I threw up after that.

Never tell Scott that Portland doesn't "do real tacos".

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