An SDK kit includes instructions that allow developers to create systems and develop applications.
It has one of the main functionalities in its name, “kit”! SDKs provide information such as libraries, source code, documentation, templates, and more.
While APIs allow you to communicate with software, SDKs will enable you to build with software from the ground up. SDKs usually include an API themselves.
An example of an SDK would be AWS SDK for Java which provides a set of libraries that are consistent and familiar to Java developers.
Benefits of an SDK
Save time
Consistent
Replicable
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