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More Refactorings Workshopped and Published (EuroPLoP24)

Updated: October 7, 2024

We submitted another seven interface refactorings to this year’s EuroPLoP writer’s workshop. Starting from stakeholder concerns and API design smells was see... ... (read more)

API Design Patterns Adoption and Refactoring Catalog Update

Updated: July 5, 2024

We have been busy with our Interface Refactoring Catalog. We present the next seven refactorings in Workshop B of EuroPLoP 2024 taking place this week. The ... ... (read more)

Refactorings Workshopped at EuroPLoP23

Updated: December 8, 2023

We submitted eight interface refactorings to this year’s EuroPLoP writer’s workshop. The paper was well received, and we received a lot of helpful and constr... ... (read more)

API Design Pattern of the Week

Updated: October 26, 2023

The API Design Pattern of the Week series is a collection of articles introducing the API design patterns featured in the Patterns for API Design book. The s... ... (read more)

API Design Patterns Book Published

Updated: November 17, 2022

The API design patterns featured in many of the refactorings in this catalog form the core of the book called “Patterns for API Design: Simplifying Integrati... ... (read more)

Refactorings implemented in MDSL Tools

Updated: February 3, 2022

The latest MDSL Tools implement most refactorings described in this catalog. They are also available through the MDSL Web Tools, a Web application to transfo... ... (read more)

Done for 2021

Updated: December 13, 2021

The final four API “refactorings” (for this year) are now published online. Unlike the previously provided ones, they affect service level agreements and des... ... (read more)