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Pros of OpenAPI
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    Easy to read the template generated
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    The most popular api spec
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    Easy to learn
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    Supports versioning
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    Supports authentication
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    Supports caching
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    Scary smart community
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    Knows all
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    Voting system
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    Good questions
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    Good SEO
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    Addictive
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    Tight focus
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    Share and gain knowledge
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    Useful
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    Fast loading
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    Gamification
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    Knows everyone
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    Experts share experience and answer questions
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    Stack overflow to developers As google to net surfers
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    Questions answered quickly
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    No annoying ads
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    No spam
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    Fast community response
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    Good moderators
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    Quick answers from users
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    Good answers
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    User reputation ranking
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    Efficient answers
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    Leading developer community

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Cons of OpenAPI
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      Not welcoming to newbies
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      Unfair downvoting
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      Unfriendly moderators
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      No opinion based questions
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      Mean users
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      Limited to types of questions it can accept

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    What is OpenAPI?

    It is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a proprietary software application or web service.

    What is Stack Overflow?

    Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about programming.

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    What are some alternatives to OpenAPI and Stack Overflow?
    JsonAPI
    t is a format that works with HTTP. A main goal of the specification is to optimize HTTP requests both in terms of the number of requests and the size of data packages exchanged between clients and servers.
    Postman
    It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
    GraphQL
    GraphQL is a data query language and runtime designed and used at Facebook to request and deliver data to mobile and web apps since 2012.
    OData
    It is an ISO/IEC approved, OASIS standard that defines a set of best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. It helps you focus on your business logic while building RESTful APIs without having to worry about the various approaches to define request and response headers, status codes, HTTP methods, URL conventions, media types, payload formats, query options, etc.
    RAML
    RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) makes it easy to manage the whole API lifecycle from design to sharing. It's concise - you only write what you need to define - and reusable. It is machine readable API design that is actually human friendly.
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