Getting developers hooked on your API - Nicolas Garnier - Codemotion Amsterdam 2016
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Hypermedia, REST, SOAP... It's not a matter of "why" anymore but rather of "how". Still, once your API is all set up, getting developers to use it is a real challenge. A challenge you should be ready to rise to as your API can eventually be its own channel for product adoption. How to make sure developers know about your API, that they use it efficiently and finally, that they love using it.
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- 1. Getting Developers hooked on your API @nico_g
- 4. @nico_g A great product sells itself
- 5. @nico_g You’re not the only one People don’ t know about you Your onboarding is crappy
- 6. @nico_g One thing in common
- 7. @nico_g US! One thing in common
- 11. Developer Experience matters Journey to developer Adoption @nico_g
- 12. @nico_g Simplicity What are we looking for as users?
- 13. @nico_g Is it easy to use? GET /resourceH2B?vo=true
- 14. @nico_g Is it easy to understand? Error 1543bis
- 15. @nico_g Is it adapted to my audience?
- 17. @nico_g What really matters is affordance & consistency
- 21. @nico_g API designers != end users API
- 22. What devs expect @nico_gBeginner Expert How does it work? Performance design Performance Many languages API reference Community Simplicty Quickstart Support Wow effect Examples
- 25. @nico_g Documenting your API is easy
- 26. @nico_g Swagger.io Top-down 1. Create a Swagger definition of your API 2. Generate Server implementation 1. You already have a REST API 2. Generate the Swagger definition Bottom-up
- 27. @nico_g
- 28. @nico_g
- 31. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets
- 33. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets User guides
- 34. @nico_g
- 35. @nico_g Don’t reinvent the wheel apiary readme.io slate
- 36. Don’t reinvent the wheel
- 37. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets User guides Sample app
- 40. @nico_g { } js-doc.md php-doc.md go-doc.md </> metadata code generator templates
- 41. @nico_g { "description" : "This call sends an email.", "resource" : "send", "action" : "POST", "args" : [ … }
- 42. @nico_g {{#filtersExist}} $filters = [ {{#filters}} '{{name}}' => '{{value}}'{{#comma}},{{/comma}} {{/filters}} ]; {{/filtersExists}} {{#argumentsExist}} $body = {{{body}}}; {{/argumentsExist}}
- 45. @nico_g
- 46. @nico_g
- 47. Developer Advocate @nico_g Connect with devs and help them make the most of your APIs Share knowledge at conferences, meetups & hackathons Design and provide sample code for developers to make their use of the API easy work on fun projects to show what your API is capable of