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Enable developers’ peak performance: a deep dive into user-centered design
How can one make their developer portal, API documentation platform tailored to their users’ needs? Why is it beneficial to boost the developers’ flow state? This article is a follow-up with practical steps and examples, building on top of part one. To better illustrate our points, we show worked examples from among the DevPortal Awards nominees of 2023.
Categories: Improve User/Developer eXperience and Design
Design the platform for flow to advance API integration success
This article delves into the connection between intentional design and developers' peak productivity and their advantageous impact on your business. In other words, we focus on flow theory based on the research and interviews conducted by Pronovix's UX Team.
Categories: Improve User/Developer eXperience and Design
Interface discovery as a prerequisite for effective communication and accessibility
Interface discovery is a search and guess game that we’ve all learned out of necessity. Because of a lack of strategic perspective, different interface types keep being published in their historically evolved discovery mechanisms (for example address, phone number, social media, app, support/docs sites and so on). As communication channels proliferate this is causing unnecessary friction. In this article we explain why interface ambiguity becomes especially troublesome if you look at it from an accessibility perspective.
Categories: Business Value and Strategy
How Zero Gravity Developer Portal Enhances Content Management
We discover how to foster collaboration and innovation in your developer portal by understanding consumer-side needs, production-side contributors, and essential documentation types. Learn how to adapt your portal for success with insights into managing and publishing content effectively. Discover the significance of a unified platform that serves as a central hub for documentation, publication, and knowledge sharing. Stay tuned for upcoming insights on managing and publishing content with Zero Gravity.
Categories: Do I need a CMS?
Enhance Discoverability for Business Users - Developer Portal Best Practices
Catering to a wide range of audiences can enhance the discoverability of your API affordances. In this article, we draw inspiration from the exemplary teams at Deutsche Börse Group, UP42, Codat, Cloudinary, NewDay, Nexio, and Masdr, who highlight the importance of addressing business users on developer portals.
Categories: Business Value and Strategy
When do Software Developers Use Guides?
We aim to equip you with insights to enhance your developer portal, whether by incorporating user-centered design to already planned content, or by strategically choosing the most effective guide type to improve the API integration experience.
Categories: Improve User/Developer eXperience and Design
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When do Software Developers Use Guides?
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Do I need a CMS?