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Fernando posted a number of incredibly useful links on API design in reply to an earlier post of mine. They deserve more visibility!

• http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html
• http://www.artima.com/interfacedesign/
• http://www.codeproject.com/gen/design/APIUsabilityArticle.asp
• http://www.cafeconleche.org/slides/javapolis/xom/index.html
• http://www.orocos.org/documentation/deep-shallow-api.html
• http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2006/coreplatform/TS-6218.pdf
• http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/brada/APIUsability.pdf
• http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/HumaneInterface.html