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by 4 years 1 month 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
by 4 years 4 months ago
Drupal for Developer Portals
Why choose Drupal 9 for your developer portal? In this article we outline the elements of why Drupal 9 is a good candidate for building your developer portal and why we use it as the base for our SaaS product.
Categories: Do I need a CMS?
by 4 years 5 months ago
When to use a CMS for your Developer Portal
To choose a tool appropriate to your needs is to understand what functions it will serve. This article identifies the key reasons why you would choose a static site generator (SSG) or a content management system (CMS) for constructing your devportal.
Categories: Do I need a CMS?
Interviews with the DevPortal Awards winners 2019
The goal of the DevPortal Awards is to recognize the best developer portals and learn from their practices. In this post, we share the Q&A we did with the teams that made their portal an awarded success!
by 4 years 6 months ago
Visual Solutions to Improve User Experience of Developer Portals
In our Devportal Design Guide series, you will read about common design patterns, get an insight into our project work related experiences, and learn how we tackle the design of a developer portal user interface.
Part 5: Further visual solutions to improve the user experience
Categories: Improve User/Developer eXperience and Design
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Developer portals: your undercover brand ambassadors
by Szabina OláhCategories:
Business Value and Strategy
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by Christoph WeberCategories:
Business Value and Strategy