API Framework

Definitions

1. A software framework used to build, route, validate, and manage APIs, often providing features like middleware, serialization, auth hooks, and schema handling. Choosing an API framework affects performance, conventions, testing style, and how much boilerplate a team writes by hand.

   In plain English: A framework used to build and manage APIs.

   Example: "They switched API frameworks because the old stack made versioning, request validation, and typed response generation awkward."

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