"Content Strategy for DevPortals" by Emmelyn Wang, API the Docs | 2018 API London
"APIs may be the technology, but the reason why we use them is to connect people to people and machines to machines to accomplish meaningful, value-driven goals." Emmelyn Wang
No Developer Portal, Developer Community, or API documentation
Developer Journey 1: Pre-launch stealth mode, technology in R&D, tech docs as a means to support fundraising and business development/partnership efforts
Developer Journey 2: Modern transformation of the Legacy API to a Modern API (growing pains) | Iceberg model, what to expose?, tech writer’s influence in API Design first thinking and information architecture
Existing Developer Portal and Community to Revamp, Outdated API docs
Developer Journey 3: Merger and Acquisition M&A, One organization acquired another, combine similar APIs
Developer Journey 4: Moving the developer community from one platform to another, transforming legacy docs to new formats and matching technology
Healthy Developer Portal, Community, and API Docs at Scale
Developer Journey 5: Developer Community is both local and global, code libraries and docs maintained for each technology, the key for agility and rewarding participation | Engage the open source community
#apiportal #devportal #apidiscovery
