In this Developer Portal Design series, you will learn about common design patterns, get an insight into Pronovix' project work related experience, and learn how we tackle the design of a developer portal user interface.

Why did we start researching design on devportals?

Dedicated research helps us to write more objectively about design patterns, and decide what the common practices are —based on statistics. We examined more than 100 developer portals from different industry fields including the nominees and winning examples from the DevPortal Awards. We gathered information about various design aspects such as layout, responsiveness, color schemes, typography and the usage of graphical elements.

We will stay away from the most basic design principles in favor of focusing on developer portal specific advice and examples. To see how these principles are applied in practice, check out the brand experience of Zero Gravity developer portals.