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Best International & Localized Devportal
When you pay attention to international & localization elements, the overall user experience will be better and your users will be more likely to engage with your devportal.
We highlight the criteria that we think define the DevPortal Award category Best Internationalized & Localized Devportal.
Best Design
How can API portals enhance user experience in general, and pay special attention to developer experience? How can design elements support usability and content?
We highlight the criteria that we think define the DevPortal Award category Best Design.
Best New DX Innovation
How do devportals lead the way in boosting developer experience?
We highlight the criteria that we think define the DevPortal Award category Best New DX Innovation.
by 3 years 11 months ago
The 4 Most Common API Developer Portal Mistakes
The road to trouble is paved with good intentions. In this article we talk about how to navigate the available solutions for developer portals while keeping an eye out for signs that will lead to dead ends. We explain the four most common developer portal anti-patterns that lead to a failure of your API program based on disuse, distrust, and exponential challenge.
Categories: Business Value and Strategy
by 4 years ago
How to Improve DocOps using CI/CD and Docs-as-Code
In this article, we outline the basic principles of Docs-as-Code, some tools for writing and running automated tests against your documentation, and how these workflows can help improve the quality of your documentation. Using VS Code, git workflows, and automated documentation quality tests with Vale, we’ll show you how these tools can be used in concert in your DocOps setup.
Categories: Improve User/Developer eXperience and Design
Devportals & Digital Transformation
When you create rules, procedures in an organization, that doesn't mean that people will actually follow those. People will use those rules and procedures as their environment inside of which they act. Whatever rule you set up, don't ever expect people to follow: you always have to look for the unintended consequences. The goal of this article is to make you curious about: 1. Systems thinking 2. Complex Adaptive Systems 3. The role of APIs in Digital Transformation 4. The role of devportals in Digital Transformation
Categories: Business Value and Strategy
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