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Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by josefdlange » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 4:01 PM UTC

merb wrote: post #99

mittsh wrote: post #53

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That's very true :) You can write custom extensions for Paw, and they can be then shared with the community. But anyway, there's already a HAR importer, you can install it here as an extension https://paw.cloud/extensions/HARImporter Also, we're working on a powerful API format transformer that we will release more officially soon, but it's already on GitHub: https://github.com/luckymarmot/api-flow That will allow us…

Extension APIs mostly are a minus. It's mostly used as an excuse for not shipping features.

Disagree. If you implement every possible feature as a first-class deployed feature, your software is going to be (1) huge and (2) so confusing.

Implement core features, then implement a great API for 3P (or your own!) developers to add rich feature sets to the app that some demographics might find helpful.

Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by WayneBro » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 3:18 PM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #78

flyosity wrote: post #54

I can't believe some of the comments in this thread. Paw is an advanced developer tool with serious functionality for testing APIs, and many of the most upvoted comments are basically just posting links to similar tools, with substantially less functionality, that are free. How many of these commenters make thousands of dollars every month as professional software engineers? How many make thousands each week? Paw is…

If there's a free option that's pretty good (Postman) I think it's reasonable to include that in the discussion. I would especially like to understand how the 2 compare. For me, the free aspect is important beyond just my paying for it: I create collections and I want them to be as accessible as possible.

Especially when the free competitor works cross platform and doesn't lock you into Apple's craptastic desktop OS.

Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by cloudjacker » Wed, Aug 03, 2016, 9:22 PM UTC

Tempest1981 wrote: post #116

enraged_camel wrote: post #114

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When I do development in my spare time, I tend to gravitate towards paid software, since it tends to be higher quality and have better support. However, my employer is extremely frugal and has very tight budgetary controls, so getting even the smallest expenses approved can be a huge hassle. So, perhaps ironically, I gravitate towards free products when doing professional development. This is probably completely back…

I've had frugal employers before, and I've pulled out my credit card and bought software with my own money. Just like buying my own lunch, or books. Just seemed like the right thing to do.

So you have to be lucky that

a) your colleagues will do the same so your team can use similar tools

b) you don't have to jump through hoops to install any software at all