API THE DOCS VIRTUAL SERIES
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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Code of Conduct
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News
Product Marketing & Docs
12.01.2021
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
30.11.2020
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
10.11.2020
“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
Onfido
Developer Experience as a Product
Ben Ahmady
Onfido
Developer Experience as a Product
Adam DuVander
EveryDeveloper
Machine-readable Developer Experience
Ben Greenberg
Vonage
Arrival: The Journey Of Our Documentation Platform To Station
Lorna Jane Mitchell
Vonage
Beyond the API Reference: Developer Experience for APIs
Patrick Hammond
Adyen
Let Writers Write: Automating the Boring Stuff for Our Docs Team
Michael Meng
Merseburg University
Optimizing API Documentation: Some Guidelines and Effects
Jeremy Glassenberg
Deserve
Automating the API Product Lifecycle
Ivana Isadora Devcic
ReversingLabs
From Zero to Spec-First API Hero
Louis Debatte-Monroy
TomTom
How to Tailor Your Developer Portal to Your Audience
Milecia McGregor
Conducto
Unit Testing Your Docs
Sponsors and Organisers
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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
Louis Debatte-Monroy (TomTom): How to Tailor your Developer Portal to Your Audience
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
Patrick Hammond (Adyen): Let Writers Write – Automating the Boring Stuff for Our Docs Team
05:15 - 05:25pm UTC
Q&A
05:25 - 05:55pm UTC
Lorna Jane Mitchell (Vonage): Beyond the API Reference – Developer Experience for APIs
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
Ben Greenberg (Vonage): Arrival – The Journey of Our Documentation Platform to Station
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
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