Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26068391-20151110173640/@comment-27178607-20151110210626

Sinthoniel wrote: I wouldn't say an addon is easier than an own mod. If you program a game on your own, you only have to know Java. If you make a MC mod, you also have to know MC/the Forge API. If you make a submod you also have to know the mod. The more APIs you use, the more you have to know. No, I don't think so.

API's are making (they should do it) many things easier, so you can use a rendering API without knowing the exactly rendering algorithm(s) [...]. Yes, then you have to know the API, but in most cases it is easier to use an API instead of programming all by yourself, because in this case you have to know much more.