Best Practices in API Documentation

The article underscores the critical importance of well-documented APIs and provides best practices for creating excellent API documentation. It emphasizes that good documentation is essential for API adoption and maintainability. The article outlines fundamental sections that should be included in API documentation, such as authentication, error messages, resources, terms of use, and change log.

What is API Documentation, and Why It Matters?

APIs are enablers of the platform economy, and allow users to enhance and add services over existing products. Catering to the developer is tricky. They’re analytical, precise, and are trying to solve important problems with your API. They want to understand how to use your API effectively, which is where API documentation comes into the picture. In this blog post, we will explore what it means to document your API.

The Importance of Standardized API Design

Standardizing your API design makes it intuitive to develop on your API. Read on to learn more about the benefits of standardizing your style and how to start doing just that.

API Development: Design-First or Code-First?

In design-first, the plan is converted to a doc and code is built. In code-first, the API is coded based on the plan and a readable doc is generated from it. Read about the pros and cons of each approach.

How to document an existing API

There are a number of approaches development teams take to add Swagger to their APIs. And because Swagger is supported by an expansive developer community, each of these methods is also supported by a number of open source and commercial tools.

In this ebook, I write about the different ways one can document existing APIs using the OpenAPI framework.

Performance Testing’s End to End Evolution

The article discusses the evolving software development practices, emphasizing the growing importance of application performance in meeting customer demands. Customers are becoming less tolerant of subpar performance, leading to increased competition and the need for better performance testing. The article mentions LoadNinja, a tool that simplifies performance testing, enabling easy creation of tests and providing a comprehensive understanding of application performance across UI and API layers.

How to rev up your load testing in 3 steps

In the digital age, consumer expectations for application quality have risen, including a focus on good performance. Performance testing is now a critical aspect of application development, but traditional tools have not kept pace with evolving needs. Challenges include inefficient script creation, outdated processes, and testing inaccuracies. This article provides 3 actionable steps to inject performance testing in your software lifecycle.