Getting developers hooked on your api
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The document discusses the role of a developer evangelist in enhancing the developer experience with APIs, particularly through Mailjet. It emphasizes the importance of documentation, community support, and easy navigation to foster developer adoption. Additionally, it highlights strategies like providing sample code, hosting events, and ensuring a positive first impression to engage developers effectively.
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Getting developers hooked on your api
- 1. Getting Developers hooked on your API @nico_g
- 3. Developer Evangelist @nico_g What my friends think I do What my mom thinks I do What society thinks I do What my boss thinks I do What I think I do What I actually do
- 4. Developer Evangelist @nico_g Connect with devs and help them make the most of Mailjet 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 that you can do more with Mailjet than sending basic emails
- 6. Developer Experience matters But what is it? @nico_g
- 7. Developer Experience matters Journey to developer Adoption @nico_g
- 11. @nico_g API designers != end users API
- 12. What devs expect @nico_gBeginner Expert How does it work? Performance design Performance Many languages API reference Community Simplicty Quickstart Support Wow effect Examples
- 14. Possible solution @nico_gDeveloper Evangelists Support Public doc Community Developers SEO
- 15. Where to start? @nico_g Dev focused web page API reference Examples Languages and libraries Easy navigation Getting started API Monitoring Possibility to contribute
- 19. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets
- 21. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets User guides
- 22. @nico_g
- 23. @nico_g Don’t forget anyone Code snippets User guides Sample app
- 25. @nico_g Don’t reinvent the wheel apiary readme.io slate
- 26. Don’t reinvent the wheel
- 28. @nico_g { } js-doc.md php-doc.md go-doc.md </> metadata code generator templates
- 29. @nico_g { "description" : "This call sends an email.", "resource" : "send", "action" : "POST", "args" : [ … }
- 30. @nico_g {{#filtersExist}} $filters = [ {{#filters}} '{{name}}' => '{{value}}'{{#comma}},{{/comma}} {{/filters}} ]; {{/filtersExists}} {{#argumentsExist}} $body = {{{body}}}; {{/argumentsExist}}
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- 36. @nico_g Thanks.