API The Docs Virtual 2020 - Recaps

Recordings, slide decks and talk summaries from API The Docs Virtual 2020 series, continuously updated.

We're switching the format of API The Docs into a series of online events until summer. We have scheduled several shorter virtual events with 2-3 talks. This page is continuously updated with the slides, video recordings and text summaries of the talks.



Recordings, slides and recaps available:



API strategy & developer portals

Live session: 8 April

• Leah R. Tucker ({your}APIs): Designing a Future-proof API Program

• Kristof Van Tomme (Pronovix): Beyond API Spray & Pray: The Role of Developer Portals in Digital Transformation Strategy


API docs & DX

Live session: 22 April

• Mike Jang (GitLab): Minimum Viable Documentation for RESTful APIs

• Jenny Wanger: The UX of DX: User Testing in the Invisible World of APIs

The API The Docs Podcast features recordings of the live Q&A sessions that follow the presentations.


Also available on Soundcloud

User Journey Iteration, Performance Metrics

Live session: 6 May

• Bob Watson, Phd (Amazon Web Services): Write What Counts…and Count What Counts: A goal-oriented, Customer-centered Approach to API Documentation Development and Analytics

• Steph Mills (Splunk): A Path Through the Woods: Defining and Documenting Top API Use Cases

The API The Docs Podcast features recordings of the live Q&A sessions that follow the presentations.


Also available on Soundcloud Apple Podcast Google Podcast Apple Podcast


Change management on large & complex documentation sets

Live session: 13 May

• Sarah Day (LaunchDarkly): Content, Collaboration, Community – What You Get When You Invest Non-docs Time in Docs Tools

• Riley Siebel (C3.ai) and Mark Winberry (Pronovix): Case Study: Creating a DocOps/Docs-As-Code DevPortal for C3.ai

The API The Docs Podcast features recordings of the live Q&A sessions that follow the presentations.

Also available on Apple Podcast Google Podcast Apple Podcast



Upcoming:



API docs trends & API design

Live session: 27 May - Sign up to live event

• Joan James (Zebra Technologies): How the Open API Specification led to Better REST API Design

• Tom Johnson (Amazon): How Trends in API Documentation Differ from other Tech Comm Trends: Results from a Comprehensive Survey


Product & Technology

Live session: 10 June - Sign up to live event

• Egan Anderson (Galileo): How to Create a Developer-First Product

• Larry Kluger (DocuSign): Exploring an API with Blocks

• Michael Haberman (Aspecto): Hundreds of Microservices without breaking your APIs


New to API Documentation

Live session: 24 June - Sign up to live event

• Michelle Fredette (New Relic) & Chris Cowell: Eight hours to API literacy: a fast, fun on-ramp for writers

• Uwana Ikaiddi (BigCommerce): Improving Your API Documentation from the Inside-Out



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