The hackathon has become an important educational resource for budding developers looking to cut their teeth in programming. In fact, more than 200,000 people took part in hackathons across more than 100 countries in 2016, according to an analysis of Hackathon.com data from BeMyApp.
In the worlds of IT strategy and software development, APIs are a major time- and money-saver, helping companies build new tools quickly. But, APIs are also increasingly being viewed as a key toward bringing mainframes into a digital era defined by speed and agility.