The following content is in the api-doc category:

New topic in API course: Five strategies for documenting code | Aug 8, 2019

New topic in API course: Research on documenting code | Jul 29, 2019

New topic in API course: Why documenting code is so difficult | Jul 29, 2019

Upcoming API Documentation Workshop in Mountain View, Calif., on August 30, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019

If I am learning to write developer documentation, should GraphQL be on my radar? -- guest post by Casey Armstrong | Jul 1, 2019

Recording of Tech Comm Trends Presentation (STC Puget Sound chapter) | Jun 8, 2019

New video recordings of Raleigh API documentation workshop now available | Apr 21, 2019

Upcoming API workshops in Raleigh (April 6) and Denver (May 5) | Apr 1, 2019

Results from survey about engineers who write documentation | Mar 21, 2019

How to design API documentation for opportunistic (active, experiential) learning styles | Mar 7, 2019

Site analytics from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 -- are more engineers writing docs now? | Jan 14, 2019

Research on code documentation -- when not to comment on code | Dec 20, 2018

Recording for Menlo Park API documentation workshop now available -- and some thoughts on using cardioid versus omnidirectional microphones for recording | Dec 4, 2018

My upcoming presentation and workshop at the 2019 STC Summit in Denver | Nov 29, 2018

Bibliography of API documentation articles | Nov 25, 2018

Upcoming full-day API documentation workshop in Menlo Park | Oct 31, 2018

Preferring technical acuity over specialized knowledge | Oct 24, 2018

Tech comm trends -- why tech writers will be collaborating more with engineers | Oct 9, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part I) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part II) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part III) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part IV) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part V) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part VI) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part VII) | Oct 2, 2018

Getting a job in API documentation -- new topics and expansions in my API doc course | Aug 22, 2018

Strategies for learning technology -- podcast recommendation and a poll | Aug 10, 2018

Thoughts on docs-as-code after 3 years -- it works! | Jul 3, 2018

Non-Reference Content section updated in API course | Jun 12, 2018

Replaced the previous weather API example in my API course to now use OpenWeatherAPI | Apr 28, 2018

Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver | Mar 12, 2018

Recording of Docs-as-code tools and workflows presentation | Mar 9, 2018

Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation | Mar 8, 2018

Recording of OpenAPI and Swagger presentation (for STC and WTD San Diego) | Feb 14, 2018

WTD Episode 13: Postman for API development and docs — Interview with Postman Founder | Jan 22, 2018

Recording of WTD South Bay presentation: Publishing tools for API documentation | Jan 19, 2018

Case study: Switching tools to docs-as-code | Nov 21, 2017

Intro to API Documentation -- recording of presentation to STC Silicon Valley chapter on 11/20/2017 | Nov 19, 2017

New OpenAPI 3.0 specification tutorial in my API Course | Nov 7, 2017

Question: Which software tools should I use if my goal is to write API docs? | Oct 12, 2017

SwaggerHub: A collaborative platform for working on OpenAPI/Swagger specification files, and more | Oct 5, 2017

Discoveries and realizations while walking down the Docs-as-Code path | Aug 23, 2017

Why simple language isn't so simple: the struggle to create plain language in documentation | Jul 27, 2017

Limits to the idea of treating docs as code | Jun 2, 2017

How big should your documentation repo be? | May 26, 2017

Impressions from the Write the Docs Conference -- and thoughts on achieving sustainability without selling out to vendors | May 23, 2017

Testing your documentation -- updates in API doc course | May 4, 2017

My Calm Meditation app -- another experiment to test my docs | Apr 27, 2017

Write the Docs Podcast app now on Fire TV, and the importance of testing your docs with sample apps | Apr 9, 2017

Moved my API doc site into separate repo | Mar 30, 2017

Crowdsourcing docs with docs-as-code tools -- same result as with wikis? | Mar 8, 2017

Write the Docs Podcast Episode 4 -- Continuous Integration and Docs as Code | Mar 6, 2017

How do you learn what you need to learn to be successful as a technical writer? | Feb 24, 2017

Guest post: Design choices for organizing API reference content with other documentation | Feb 21, 2017

Write the Docs Podcast #3 - Trends for 2017 | Feb 3, 2017

Technical Writing Trends and Predictions for 2017 | Jan 28, 2017

Simplified Technical English and HyperSTE | Jan 25, 2017

Recording: Modern Technical Writing, by Andrew Etter (STC Silicon Valley chapter) | Jan 24, 2017

My top 3 posts of 2016 are all Swagger-related -- lessons learned from 2016 analytics | Jan 17, 2017

Swagger presentation recording -- Harnessing the Chi of Swagger in your REST API documentation | Jan 17, 2017

How much code do you need to know to create API developer documentation? | Jan 6, 2017

Attend my upcoming TC Dojo presentation on Swagger on Jan 9, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017

Recording of Open Authoring -- Collaboration Across Disciplines presentation, by Ralph Squillace | Nov 15, 2016

Review of Coding for Writers course by Peter Gruenbaum on Udemy | Nov 13, 2016

Implementing Swagger in your API documentation -- My ISTC article | Sep 8, 2016

Presentation recording: Hunting for API developer documentation jobs in the San Francisco Bay area, by Andrew Davis | Aug 15, 2016

The complexities of translation and the need for dynamic variables in the build process | Aug 15, 2016

Will the docs-as-code approach scale? Responding to comments on my Review of Modern Technical Writing | Aug 1, 2016

Review of Andrew Etter's ebook on Modern Technical Writing | Jul 26, 2016

Some post-STC Summit thoughts | May 20, 2016

Slides for Documenting REST APIs Workshop — 2016 STC Summit Anaheim, Calif. | May 14, 2016

API documentation workshop opportunity at the STC Summit | Apr 7, 2016

REST API documentation workshop recording (STC Sacramento) | Mar 27, 2016

10 minute podcast on API technical writing with Ryan Weber on Stitcher | Mar 12, 2016

What is the ideal tool for developer documentation environments? | Feb 21, 2016

Two upcoming API documentation events this Thursday | Feb 16, 2016

The third API course from Peter Gruenbaum on Udemy | Feb 8, 2016

Upcoming REST API documentation workshop in Sacramento | Feb 8, 2016

New section in API documentation course: The Job Market for API technical Writers | Feb 8, 2016

Challenges in documenting long JSON objects | Jan 21, 2016

Spec-driven Development with RAML — presentation by Michael Stowe to STC Silicon Valley chapter | Jan 9, 2016

First video for API documentation course -- your feedback? | Jan 7, 2016

My 2016 technical writing trends and predictions, or the ripple effects of API growth on technical writers | Dec 29, 2015

My upcoming 2016 STC Summit workshop and presentation | Dec 22, 2015

How do you stay updated with changes developers are silently making? | Dec 20, 2015

Those pesky authoring tool questions, and an update on my adventures with Jekyll | Dec 19, 2015

Recording of Version Control, Writers, and Worfklows by Richard Mateosian | Dec 17, 2015

Swagger UI probably the coolest thing I've done in API docs | Dec 13, 2015

10 realizations as I was creating my Swagger spec and Swagger UI | Dec 10, 2015

Single sourcing the Swagger spec and main documentation using Jekyll | Dec 3, 2015

Podcast: Spec-driven Development of REST APIs, with a focus on RAML -- interview with Michael Stowe | Oct 12, 2015

5 REST API resources to add to your reading list | Oct 3, 2015

Tutorial for creating interactive consoles with RAML | Oct 3, 2015

Why so little focus on API doc at tech comm conferences? | Sep 30, 2015

Question: How long has your API doc course been available? | Sep 29, 2015

Question: How do I tell what platform people are using for API docs? | Sep 28, 2015

Added native library API section to API doc course | Sep 26, 2015

Swagger tutorial for REST API documentation | Sep 14, 2015

Editing workflows and reviews through Github's pull requests | Sep 10, 2015

Comparing object-oriented design to content reuse | Sep 10, 2015

How authorization works with APIs | Sep 4, 2015

What is a REST API? | Aug 28, 2015

Podcast: How do design, length, and relevance affect how people use API reference docs -- interview with Bob Watson | Jul 30, 2015

Peter Gruenbaum has released part 2 of his Udemy course on API technical writing | Jul 24, 2015

Survey results about the possible REST API workshop | Jul 24, 2015

Survey about possible REST API workshop — your feedback would be helpful | Jul 20, 2015

Reader question: How do I move forward out of a stagnant tech writing career? | Jul 15, 2015

Listen to Ed Marsh's Content Content podcast with me as a guest | Jul 8, 2015

Slides, notes, and lessons learned at the STC Summit 2015 in Columbus, Ohio | Jun 29, 2015

Integrating Documentation into engineering code and workflows | May 26, 2015

API technical writing course on Udemy from Peter Gruenbaum, and some thoughts on documenting JSON | May 22, 2015

API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording | May 16, 2015

Recording of API documentation workshop (REST and Javadoc) at tcworld India 2015 | Mar 19, 2015

Recording of Innovation in Technical Communication keynote at tcworld India 2015 | Mar 18, 2015

Slides for tcworld India 2015 presentations | Mar 11, 2015

Best practices for API documentation -- podcast with Andrya Feinberg | Feb 4, 2015

Survival strategies for API documentation -- slides and recording | Feb 3, 2015

Creating context-sensitive help by converting your help into a JSON API with Jekyll | Feb 1, 2015

10 reasons for moving away from DITA | Jan 28, 2015

API workshop video + audio + slides + workshop files from TC Camp | Jan 27, 2015

Implementing ScrollSpy with Jekyll to auto-build a table of contents | Jan 20, 2015

Moving from passive to reactive documentation -- recording of presentation by Greg Koberger, ReadMe.io founder | Jan 19, 2015

Most important factor in APIs is complete and accurate documentation | Jan 15, 2015

API doc survey: Do engineers write API doc in the source code? | Jan 15, 2015

API doc survey: How much of your doc process is automated? | Jan 15, 2015

Several REST API tutorials using the EventBrite, Klout, and Flickr APIs | Jan 14, 2015

API doc survey: Most challenging aspect of API documentation | Jan 12, 2015

Jan 12 Silicon Valley STC meeting: Passive vs. reactive doc + readme.io | Jan 11, 2015

Podcast: Unifying the API doc publishing toolchain, with Mark Baker | Jan 8, 2015

API doc survey result: How to learn what you need to know? | Jan 7, 2015

API doc survey result: How do you get the source files that contain code comments? | Jan 6, 2015

Podcast: Automating REST API documentation, with Peter Gruenbaum | Jan 5, 2015

My *real* top 10 technical writing trend predictions for 2015 | Jan 5, 2015

Top 10 posts, podcasts, tweets of 2014 -- and what it all means | Jan 5, 2015

API doc survey: Do you create API doc by looking at source code? | Jan 2, 2015

API doc survey: What IDE do you use? | Jan 2, 2015

API doc survey: Do you test out the API calls used in your doc yourself? | Jan 2, 2015

Question: Where are API documentation jobs for technical writers located? | Dec 24, 2014

API doc survey: Authoring tools preferred by API documentation writers | Dec 24, 2014

Learning how developers think, and other API doc insights: Podcast with Joe Malin | Dec 22, 2014

API doc survey: The most common programming languages tech writers know | Dec 22, 2014

API doc survey: The most popular type of APIs that technical writers document | Dec 17, 2014

Getting a job in API documentation: Podcast with Andrew Davis | Dec 17, 2014

I need your responses to my API Documentation Survey | Dec 12, 2014

Podcast download stats kind of mind-blowing | Dec 9, 2014

Upcoming API Workshop with Sarah Maddox | Nov 28, 2014

Flat file systems versus database models for help | Nov 5, 2014

API and SDK documentation: Notes from Ed Marshall's Workshop at Information Development World | Oct 25, 2014

API Doc presentation slides and recording (San Francisco STC chapter) | Oct 16, 2014

Import DITA's XHTML Output into WordPress | Oct 14, 2014

Why developers will never adopt DITA | Sep 30, 2014

STC Intercom Issue Entirely Dedicated to API Documentation | Sep 10, 2014

Upcoming presentation in downtown San Francisco: Publishing strategies for API documentation | Sep 2, 2014

Introduction to API documentation: Interview with Scot Marvin | Jun 16, 2014

Lessons learned as a novice API technical writer -- Interview with Mary Linderman (podcast) | Jun 8, 2014

The future of tech comm is developer doc | Jun 3, 2014

Creating code samples for API/SDK documentation (webinar recording, slides, and audio) | May 30, 2014

Upcoming webinar: Creating code samples for API/SDK documentation | May 9, 2014

Writers needed for Intercom issue on API documentation | Feb 26, 2014

Growing trends for APIs and my favorite resources to learn technical information | Jan 20, 2014

Single-page docs versus "Click Insanity" | Jan 12, 2014

Tips for writing code comments in developer documentation | Jan 11, 2014

How Do You Teach New Users Programming? | Apr 19, 2013