Comparing the Usability of Cryptographic APIs
https://obj.umiacs.umd.edu/papers_for_stories/CryptoAPIs_Python_camera_ready%5B1%5D.pdf [obj.umiacs.umd.edu]
2017-07-21 23:35
Experimentally testing APIs by making developers write code and examining their mistakes. Turns out what’s easy and what’s hard makes a difference. Also, documentation matters. I don’t think the result is surprising, but instead is concrete reinforcement that this stuff can be tricky.