Greg Brimble & Nevi Shah (Cloudflare): Using Interactive Documentation to Accelerate Time-to-first-dopamine

Greg and Nevi's presentation (video recording)

"Meeting developers where they are"

In the demo, you can hear about:

• Dopamine's role: a neurotransmitter linked to motivation, reward, and feelings of success.
• Relating dopamine to developers: achieving that first moment of success when exploring new technology or tools.
• Objective: discuss how interactive developer documentation can trigger dopamine and enhance user experiences.

Takeaways

• Meeting users where they are: providing a great experience when users start exploring your product.
• Learning tracks: offering use-case-based examples in your developer documentation to inspire users.
• Library/package generation: facilitating integration with your API through code generation.
• Tracking user engagement metrics: monitoring "time to first dopamine" to enhance discoverability.
• Collaboration and exploration: encouraging developers to explore the full potential of your product with interactive, deployable documentation.
• Interactive developer documentation can significantly improve user engagement and satisfaction.
• "Time to first dopamine" is a crucial metric for assessing user onboarding and product adoption.
• By integrating the above mentioned concepts into your developer portal, you can create a more immersive and successful user experience.