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Iskander (Alex) Sharipov
April 25, 2020
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How to design a library
Богдан Сторожук.
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April 25, 2020
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Transcript
How to please everyone
How to please everyone or random thoughts about library design
What we will talk about
What we will talk about • Design your library API
What we will talk about • Design your library API
• Make it clear, effective, predictable and transparent
What we will talk about • Design your library API
• Make it clear, effective, predictable and transparent • Choose between alternative implementations
What we will talk about • Design your library API
• Make it clear, effective, predictable and transparent • Choose between alternative implementations • Assess your choices
About me
About me
About me
About me
Disclaimer This talk is based on personal experience
Your users
Your users •Regular users
Your users •Regular users •Advanced users
Your users •Regular users •Advanced users •Experts
Your users •Regular users •Advanced users •Experts
Your users •Regular users •Advanced users •Experts
Your users •Regular users •Advanced users •Experts
Regular users
Regular users
Regular users
Regular users
None
None
Example
Example
Example github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
Example github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
copy&paste friendliness • Meaningful method names
copy&paste friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration
copy&paste friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration •
Familiar patterns
copy&paste friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration •
Familiar patterns • Testability
copy&paste friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration •
Familiar patterns • Testability • No state management
Examples github.com/pkg/errors
Examples github.com/robfig/cron
Examples github.com/robfig/cron
Examples github.com/robfig/cron
Examples github.com/robfig/cron
Examples github.com/robfig/cron
Advanced users
None
Advanced users
Pragmatism friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration •
Familiar patterns • Testability • No state management
Pragmatism friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration Reasonable
defaults • Familiar patterns • Testability • No state management
Pragmatism friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration Reasonable
defaults • Familiar patterns • Testability Introspection • No state management
Pragmatism friendliness • Meaningful method names • Zero configuration Reasonable
defaults • Familiar patterns • Testability Introspection • No state management (by default)
Optional configuration
Optional configuration github.com/tidwall/buntdb
Optional configuration github.com/tidwall/buntdb
Optional configuration github.com/valyala/fasthttp
Introspection
Introspection github.com/valyala/fasthttp
Introspection github.com/valyala/fasthttp
Introspection github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Introspection github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Introspection github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Introspection github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Introspection github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Experts
Experts
Experts
Expert friendliness • allocations controll
Expert friendliness • allocations controll • zero-cost abstractions
Expert friendliness • allocations controll • zero-cost abstractions • cost
modelling
Expert friendliness • allocations controll • zero-cost abstractions • cost
modelling • paradigm agnostics
Expert friendliness • allocations controll • zero-cost abstractions • cost
modelling • paradigm agnostics • multi-level API
Tools •Profiler
Tools •Profiler •Tracer
Tools •Profiler •Tracer •Throughput benchmarks
Tools •Profiler •Tracer •Throughput benchmarks •Latency benchmarks
Tools •Profiler •Tracer •Throughput benchmarks •Latency benchmarks •Allocations profiling
Allocations control github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
Allocations control github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
Allocations control github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
Allocations control github.com/storozhukBM/verifier
Zero-cost abstractions “not pay for what you don't use”
Zero-cost abstractions github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Zero-cost abstractions github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j
Cost modelling
None
None
None
None
Paradigm agnostics
Paradigm agnostics
Is it even possible? •Regular users •Advanced users •Experts
None
None
Multi-level API
Multi-level API
Multi-level API
Multi-level API
Multi-level API
One more thing
None
One more thing
Backward compatibility
API State Clear Stateless Predictable Transparent Effective Summary
FIN