How to use a public API?
I'm a pretty amateur programmer and i need more coding that is not related to school. I live in the bay area and came across the Bay Area Rapid Transit's API. But their documentation sucks! I want to build a simple webpage that uses the bike flag (seen here: http://api.bart.gov/docs/sched/stnsched.aspx) to display when someone can bring their bicycle on the subway. I've never used an API before so i'm pretty lost. I've written simple programs with c++, java and python.  

how should i get started? What languages are good? What would this simple web app look like? 

Thanks for any help!


How to use a public API?
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I'm a pretty amateur programmer and i need more coding that is not related to school. I live in the bay area and came across the Bay Area Rapid Transit's API. But their documentation sucks! I want to build a simple webpage that uses the bike flag (seen here: http://api.bart.gov/docs/sched/stnsched.aspx) to display when someone can bring their bicycle on the subway. I've never used an API before so i'm pretty lost. I've written simple programs with c++, java and python.  

how should i get started? What languages are good? What would this simple web app look like? 

Thanks for any help!

