This chapter in Mastering Qlik Sense gave the reader a comprehensive understanding of the breadth of available Qlik Sense APIs, which can be utilized to build compelling extensions, widgets, mashups, and web apps. In particular, the four core Qlik APIs have been described, which are the Engine API, Extension API, Backend API, and Capability API, which includes 10 subcategories of APIs.
With those, the reader should be able to leverage the associative Qlik data engine and implement almost any functionality that is also possible in Qlik Sense, but in a different context for a custom implementation. While not difficult per se, utilizing the API still requires a basic understanding of HTML, JavaScript, AngularJS, and WebSockets, which are described in Chapter 12, Coding in Qlik Sense. This, however, should not be discouraging for Qlik developers who do not have a JavaScript...
