API THE DOCS VIRTUAL 2020

Free online events on API docs, developer portals and DX. 

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The Conference for API Documentation and Developer Portals

API The Docs switched its format to virtual in April 2020 and seven virtual conferences have been organized since then. Having experimented with many setups and tools, the team continues the format from September 2020 with live talks on a bi-weekly basis.

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Every format of API The Docs follows the ground rules of the Write The Docs community: be friendly, be respectful, be careful in the words that you choose. If you need to report any issue for a reason, please contact info@apithedocs.org. All reports will be kept confidential.

News

Product Marketing & Docs

In this episode we explore how a large organization could empathize and empower with the exponentially growing developer community in 2020. Liz Couto, Product Marketing Manager at Shopify, shares her thoughts.

Thank you

Thank you for participating in Season 2 of API The Docs Virtual. We hope you enjoyed it as much we did.

We'll continue this initiative in 2021 for sure. If you have a topic to share and you'd like to volunteer to speak, please submit a talk on Papercall.

Feedback Management

“It’s a misconception to think that documentation is a solitary endeavor” says Uwana Ikaiddi. Getting involved in cross-team discussions while preparing for a project is a key element of a documentation workflow. But how do you avoid death by collaboration?

Speakers

Tuan-Minh Nguyen profile image

Tuan-Minh Nguyen

Onfido

Developer Experience as a Product

Ben Ahmady profile image

Ben Ahmady

Onfido

Developer Experience as a Product

Adam DuVander profile image

Adam DuVander

EveryDeveloper

Machine-readable Developer Experience

Ben Greenberg profile image

Ben Greenberg

Vonage

Arrival: The Journey Of Our Documentation Platform To Station

Lorna Jane Mitchell profile image

Lorna Jane Mitchell

Vonage

Beyond the API Reference: Developer Experience for APIs

Patrick Hammond profile image

Patrick Hammond

Adyen

Let Writers Write: Automating the Boring Stuff for Our Docs Team

Michael Meng profile image

Michael Meng

Merseburg University

Optimizing API Documentation: Some Guidelines and Effects

Jeremy Glassenberg profile image

Jeremy Glassenberg

Deserve

Automating the API Product Lifecycle

Ivana Isadora Devcic profile image

Ivana Isadora Devcic

ReversingLabs

From Zero to Spec-First API Hero

Louis Debatte-Monroy profile image

Louis Debatte-Monroy

TomTom

How to Tailor Your Developer Portal to Your Audience

Milecia McGregor profile image

Milecia McGregor

Conducto

Unit Testing Your Docs

Chris Cowell

Chris Cowell

Eight Hours to API Literacy: A Fast, Fun On-ramp for Writers

Michelle Fredette profile image

Michelle Fredette

New Relic

Eight Hours to API Literacy: A Fast, Fun On-ramp for Writers

Uwana Ikaiddi profile image

Uwana Ikaiddi

BigCommerce

Improving Your API Documentation from the Inside-Out

Larry Kluger profile image

Larry Kluger

DocuSign

Exploring an API with Blocks

Michael Haberman profile image

Michael Haberman

Aspecto

Hundreds of Microservices Without Breaking Your APIs

Egan Anderson profile image

Egan Anderson

Galileo

How to Create a Developer-First Product

Tom Johnson profile image

Tom Johnson

Amazon

How Trends in API Documentation Differ from Other Tech Comm Trends

Joan James profile image

Joan James

Zebra Technologies

How the Open API Specification Led to Better REST API Design

Riley Siebel profile picture

Riley Siebel

C3.ai

Case Study: Creating a DocOps/Docs-As-Code DevPortal for C3.ai

Mark Winberry

Mark Winberry

Pronovix

Case Study: Creating a DocOps/Docs-As-Code DevPortal for C3.ai

Steph Mills profile image

Steph Mills

Splunk

A Path Through the Woods: Defining and Documenting Top API Use Cases

Bob Watson PhD profile image

Bob Watson, PhD

Amazon Web Services

Write What Counts and Count What Counts

Jenny Wanger profile image

Jenny Wanger

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

Mike Jang profile image

Mike Jang

GitLab

Minimum Viable Documentation for RESTful APIs

Leah R. Tucker profile image

Leah R. Tucker

{your}APIs

Designing a Future-proof API Program

Kristof Van Tomme profile image

Kristof Van Tomme

Pronovix

Beyond API Spray & Pray: The Role of Developer Portals in Digital Transformation

Agenda

04:00 - 04:05pm UTC

Welcome

04:05 - 04:35pm UTC

Milecia McGregor (Conducto): Unit Testing Your Docs

04:35 - 04:45pm UTC

Q&A

04:45 - 05:15pm UTC
05:15 - 05:25pm UTC

Q&A

05:25 - 05:30pm UTC

Wrap-up

05:30 - 06:00pm UTC

Unconference with the speakers in Google Meet

04:00 - 04:05pm UTC

Welcome

04:05 - 04:35pm UTC

Ivana Isadora Devcic (ReversingLabs): From Zero to Spec-first API Hero

04:35 - 04:45pm UTC

Q&A

04:45 - 05:15pm UTC

Jeremy Glassenberg (Deserve): Automating the API Product Lifecycle

05:15 - 05:25pm UTC

Q&A

05:25 - 05:30pm UTC

Wrap-up

05:30 - 06:00pm UTC

Unconference with the speakers in Google Meet

04:00 - 04:05pm UTC

Welcome

04:05 - 04:35pm UTC

Michael Meng (Merseburg University): Optimizing API Documentation: Some Guidelines and Effects

04:35 - 04:45pm UTC

Q&A

04:45 - 05:15pm UTC
05:15 - 05:25pm UTC

Q&A

05:25 - 05:55pm UTC
05:55 - 06:05pm UTC

Q&A

06:05 - 06:10pm UTC

Wrap-up

06:10 - 06:40pm UTC

Unconference with the speakers in Google Meet 

04:00 - 04:05pm UTC

Welcome

04:05 - 04:35pm UTC
04:35 - 04:45pm UTC

Q&A

04:45 - 05:15pm UTC

Adam DuVander (EveryDeveloper): Machine-readable Developer Experience

05:15 - 05:25pm UTC

Q&A

05:25 - 05:55pm UTC

Ben Ahmady & Minh Nguyen (Onfido): Developer Experience as a Product

05:55 - 06:05pm UTC

Q&A

06:05 - 06:10pm UTC

Wrap-up

06:10 - 06:40pm UTC

Unconference with the speakers in Google Meet