I am creating a website with a lot of programming language, and words that are related to programming and application development.Now I like the idea to have a tooltip on certain words, let's say a word like php. When someone rolls over the word a small popup appears with a small text explaining what it is. Stackoverflow uses the same when you roll over a tag.Is here an API that I can use to get the info on certain words, or should I create it myself.
Adding description for words on your website
web development;keywords;api
you are looking for jQuery or similar type javascript/AJAX type stuff. What you trying todo has been done many times before and is available in many open source libraries, just find the right library and use it.and mix it up with a free service yourself, someone asked this question before 