API The Docs Virtual 2021 Spring - Recaps

Spring season of APITD Virtual 2021, five virtual sessions each with 3-4 presentations.

For backstage API Docs discussions tune in to the API The Docs Podcast.

This overview page is the full list of talks of the 2021 Spring season of API The Docs. The recordings, slide decks, and talk summaries are available through the links to the dedicated page. Enjoy!

See also recaps for the Fall Season of 2021, Showcase Your DevPortal series.

API Ecosystem: from design to exploration

Live session was on 13 July

• Andrea Szollossi and Karl Salisbury (Adyen): Open sourcing Adyen’s API explorer

• Carson Hunter (MTNA): Generating interactive Postman docs

• Mariano Vazquez (MODO): How to develop an API ecosystem in the fintech industry from the ground up


Technical writing best practices: audience, and writing principles

Live session was on 9 June

• Dana Scheider (Envato): The Joy of Docs, or, Technical Writing for Developers and Engineers

• Kathrine Osadchenko (Wix): Measure and improve API references with use cases

• Brendan Lynch (ABN AMRO Bank): Blood, sweat, and creating an API handbook


API first and beyond

Live session was on 19 May

• Olaf Stelter (Mercedes-Benz): Leveraging API Docs and Tools at Mercedes-Benz /developers

• Phoebe Baxter and David Vilf (Onfido): Essential ingredients to rapidly scaling your API-first product strategy


Toolchains: Needs and Options

Live session was on 5 May

• Lisa Karlin Curtis (GoCardless): How to avoid breaking other people's things

• Felix Kerger (King): Lessons learned: Choosing your documentation system

• Christoph Weber (Pronovix): An overview of devportal technologies and their (dis)advantages


Scale and streamline: API first design, DevRel, and GraphQL

Live session was on 14 April

• Yantian You (SAS): API First Workflow: How could we have better API Docs through DevOps pipeline

• Anna Tsolakou (Amadeus): Why you need a Developer Relations team for your API

• Mihaela-Roxana Ghidersa (Centric IT Solutions Romania): GraphQL vs BFF: A critical perspective





Applause to our sponsors for contributing to API The Docs Virtual Season 3: Adyen, MongoDB, Vonage – Thank you!

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